Pakistan: Woman injured in Lahore prison after fellow inmate throws hot tea, food on her
Lahore: In a shocking incident, a woman prisoner was injured after another inmate threw hot tea and food on her in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, media reports said.
The incident occurred on May 23 when the food was being distributed among the women prisoners, reports Dawn News.
A senior official of the Punjab Prisons Department confirmed the incident and told the newspaper that the condition of the woman prisoner, identified as Asma, was stable.
He said the prisoner was immediately shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where she underwent a minor surgery.
He identified the woman prisoner who attacked and injured Asma as Fatima Jehangir.
He said a probe into the incident by the jail authorities found the attacker to be a patient of ‘bipolar disorder and schizophrenia’.
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