PRISONERS REVOLT
FIERCE FIGHT WITH WARDERS
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
DELHI, January 21. A serious revolt has broken out among Indian prisoners at Naini Central, Allahabad. A battle with armed warders lasted several hours after the rising, which began at a given signal. The convicts overpowered the warders and armed themselves with weapons from the gaol stores. They cut oil the nose of the chief overseer, and disemboweled the cook. The gaol superintendent summoned assistance, and drove the comicts to the roof, where they showered tiles and stones on the heads of the warders, who fired a volley, killing the ringleader and injuring seventeen conSeveral warders were hurt before the riot was suppressed.
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Evening Star, Issue 19771, 23 January 1928, Page 4
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112PRISONERS REVOLT Evening Star, Issue 19771, 23 January 1928, Page 4
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