RIOT IN AN INDIAN GAOL.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1547, 13 May 1885, Page 2

RIOT IN AN INDIAN GAOL.

j A serious affray occurred in the j Hyderabad Gaol on February 25. resulting in over 40 persons being killed and wounded. It appears that for somp time past the prisoners (over 600 in number) have been allowed to purchase oniura and tobacco, or exchange food for the same. Lately Urn per mission has been withheld, and this has caused greit discontent. The prisoners refused to receive food or enter their colls, but expressed their willingness to work. As many ©f the prisoners were engaged on work which necessitates their being provided with pickaxes, crowbars, shovels, »r other instruments which might be used as j weapons, the superintendent refused to j allow th»m to work. Next day they were still insubordinate, and refused to enter the cells. In the evening the j Kotwl'aa of the city came down and • tried to induce them to tike food, nut I with no effect The same evening ! about 800 regular troops u titter Cap jtain F»Ilon, 300 of the city police, composed of Robillas and Sikhs, and 100 of the Kotwl'sa police, came and encamped in front of the gaol, wherein were also 300 of the gaol police. It was then arranged that early next morniug the troop* and the police should enter the j?a»l, that the police j should order the prisoners to enter the | cells, af«d that if the prisoners showed fight the troops should fire on them. Th« troops and police entered the, gaol. s>ut no sooner had the prisoners seen them than they let loo?e a perfect ! storm of b"ickbats and stones. The j troops, whe wer<* hampered by the narrowness ef the (gateway, at first gave way, but recovering they fired o» the prisoners, killing 11 and wounding I 31. In about 10 minutes the outbreak was at an end. Several warders were severely injnred, and some of the prisoners who wished to accept food received severe contusions at the hands of their fellow prisoners. The prisoners had sscreted the brickbats in their cummerbunds. The walls in the interior of the gaol being incomplete, furnished them with au abundance ef missiles.