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A Varanasi district jail superintendent was taken hostage and his deputy injured as inmates clashed with staff and took control of a section of the barracks Varanasi: The superintendent of a district jail in Varanasi was taken hostage while his deputy was seriously injured as inmates clashed with prison staff on Saturday and took control of a section of the prison barracks. The inmates went on the rampage in the morning after two of their prison mates were allegedly beaten up by guards at Varanasi district jail at Chowkaghat in the Cantonment police station area, police sources said. Jail superintendent Ashish Tiwari was taken hostage by the inmates, who were unhappy over several issues, including “poor quality” of food served at the prison, they said. As irate inmates clashed with jail officials, deputy jail superintendent Ajay Rai received serious injuries while several prison guards too were assaulted, they said.

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