Five jail warders in the Rae Bareli district jail have been suspended after a 42-second video clip showing them thrashing their colleague with sticks went viral on social media.
Director General (Prisons) Anand Kumar said that the five jail warders had been suspended for indiscipline and District Jail Superintendent Avinash Gautam had been asked to probe the incident.
Those suspended are Vijay Singh, Saurabh Verma, Parvesh Singh, Rajeev Shukla and Jaswant Tomar.
