In Tihar Jail, HIV-positive woman inmate bites matron's hand

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In Tihar Jail, HIV-positive woman inmate bites matron's hand

Oct 11, 2008

New Delhi, October 10 A matron deputed at Tihar Jail was admitted to hospital

after being bitten by a Nigerian woman inmate last week. The inmate is

HIV-positive.

According to sources, the incident occurred around 6.45 pm on Saturday when

matron Renu Yadav asked the inmate (identity withheld) to take her medicine. She

first ignored the matron and when she insisted, turned violent and bit her hand.

It took around five minutes and over a dozen other women jail staff to overpower

the Nigerian inmate.

While staff members tried to restrain her, she lunged forward to attack Yadav, a

Tihar Jail official said.

The inmate was brought to jail a few months ago in connection with a case under

the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act and was under treatment as

she is HIV-positive.

She would often lose her temper without any reason and on Saturday crossed

limits,†said a senior Tihar Jail official. Sources said Yadav was immediately

taken to a doctor and is admitted at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital.

She is under constant supervision of doctors at the hospital, a source in the

jail said. They (doctors) have started medication to avoid any risk as the

inmate was HIV-positive.

An FIR has been registered at Hari Nagar police station. The incident has been

recorded by jail CCTV cameras and there is substantive proof of the scuffle,

jail officials said.

Confirming the incident, the public relations officer of Tihar Jail, Sunil

Gupta, said, “A case has been registered against the inmate at Hari Nagar

police station and proper action will be taken against her.

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