Shooting inside UP's Chitrakoot jail, three dead

LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, two inmates of Chitrakoot jail in UP were gunned down while five others were held hostage by another prisoner on Friday morning. The accused was later gunned down by the cops.
The deceased were identified as western UP gangster Mukim Kala and eastern UP don Merazuddin and the accused was identified as Anshu Dixit. Both Kala and Merazuddin were considered close to don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
DG prisons Anand Kumar said that officiating DIG jails PN Pandey has reached the spot to conduct a probe.
According to jail officials, around 10am, Anshu Dixit whipped out a pistol and shot dead Mukim Kala and Merazuddin. After which he held five prisoners hostage following which jail officials reached the spot and warned Dixit but he was adamant not to free the inmates and tried to shoot them, added the officials. In retaliation, the cops opened fire and killed Anshu Dixit.
DG Kumar said that the entire sequence of events would be probed as well as how a pistol reached inside the prison.
Mukim Kala had 65 cases against him and was shifted from Saharanpur jail to Chitrakoot on May 7, while Merazuddin was shifted from Varanasi jail on March 20 this year and Anshu Dixit also a dreaded criminal was languishing in Chitrakoot jail since December 2019.
This is not the first instance when firearms have been brought inside jail to kill an inmate. In 2018, Prem Prakash alias Munna Bajrangi was allegedly shot dead inside Baghpat jail by Sunil Rathi.