{
  "id": 5763647,
  "title": "Bengaluru Central Prison Erupts In Violence: Five Undertrials Launch Brutal Attack On Warder, Try To Strangle Him Over Banned Articles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/bengaluru-central-prison-erupts-in-violence-five-undertrials-launch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T09:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bengaluru-central-prison-erupts-in-violence-five-undertrials-launch-brutal-attack-on-warder-try-to-strangle-him-over-banned-articles"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bengaluru Central Prison witnessed a violent incident where five undertrial prisoners allegedly attacked a 50-year-old jail warder, Manjunath Haveli, in an effort to strangle him to death. The assault occurred around 10:45 am when Haveli was collecting information from Annex-1 Prison. The accused, identified as Mohammad Muzammil, Abdul Safghan, Mohammad Rizwan, Niyaz, and Kalandar Shafi, confronted Haveli over his refusal to allow them to bring certain articles into the prison. Muzammil allegedly threatened and physically abused Haveli, causing him to bleed from his face and nose. The other four prisoners then joined Muzammil and dragged Haveli into another room, where they collectively assaulted and strangled him. Prison staff intervened, rescuing the injured warder. The incident has led to the registration of a case against the five undertrials, who are also suspects in the 2023 murder of Bajarang Dal activist Suhas Shetty in Bajpe, Mangaluru. The NIA has filed a charge sheet against 11 individuals, including the five accused in the current prison attack.",
  "summary": "Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, five undertrial prisoners allegedly assaulted a jail warder at Bengaluru Central Prisons and tried to strangle him to death for stopping them from bringing certain articles inside the prison. Also Watch: The Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case against the five undertrials, who are facing charges of murdering Suhas Shetty, a Bajarang Dal activist in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}