Prisoners attacks jailer and jail guard

A jailer and a jail guard were reportedly assaulted by a group of remand prisoners during a clash at the Colombo Remand Prison yesterday evening.

A move to transfer two remand prisoners from their cell to a different one had led to the clash. This incident had occurred at about 7.30pm a police team from Borella had been sent into the prison to conduct an inquiry . Police said damage had also been caused to prison property. Jailer and prison guard remanded Jailer and Prison Guard remanded over the clash reported the Magazine prison around 7.30 pm yesterday. While changing the prisoners heated argument broken out between jailer and prison guard , later it was turned in clash. Borella police rushed to the site and carries out further investigations on this clash. Due to the clash damage has caused to prison properties.