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The accused in the Kalyan rape and murder case allegedly died by suicide in Navi Mumbai's Taloja jail, officials said on Sunday.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (Patiala range) Surinder Singh Saini said that nine inmates attacked four prisoners kept in a barrack when they were being shifted to a cell at 7 pm. He said the police were investigating the cause of the clash at the Sangrur jail.

An unknown caller threatened Superintendent of Banda Jail, where Mukhtar Ansari was lodged, saying, "You have to be eliminated."

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently advised all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) against the practice of "segregating prisoners and assigning tasks based on their caste",

Several communication gadgets were found at then NSA cell of Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam, where where Amritpal Singh and his aides are lodged

The apex court took cognisance of the after it was brought up at the Calcutta High Court by amicus curiae lawyer Tapas Kumar Bhanja who informed court that an estimated 196 babies have been delivered in different jails throughout West Bengal

Calcutta HC raised concerns over the plight of female inmates in West Bengal jails after the amicus curiae of the state's correctional homes apprised the court about the fretting issue of women inmates getting pregnant while in custody