"Gangster" Branded On Inmate's Back, He Blames Punjab Jail Officials

The incident came to light on Wednesday when a video of prisoner Tarsem Singh levelling the allegation against the jail authorities surfaced on social media.

An inmate at a jail here accused some officials of branding the word "gangster" in Punjabi on his back with a hot iron rod, a charge denied by the prison authorities.

The jail authorities said the inmate connived with some other prisoners to get the word branded on his back.

The incident came to light on Wednesday when a video of prisoner Tarsem Singh levelling the allegation against the jail authorities surfaced on social media.

Tarsem, during a medical checkup at the civil hospital in Ferozepur, had alleged that some jail officials branded the word on his back.