Delhi HC expresses displeasure over Tillu Tajpuriya's murder inside Tihar

The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure over the security lapses in Tihar Jail after the killing of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya by his rival gang members inside Tihar Jail saying that it is a totally unacceptable state of affairsThe Delhi High Court also granted Tajpuriyas father and brother protection of the courtThe Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh on Monday while hearing a plea filed by Tillu Tajpuriyas father and brother seeking the direction of CBI investigation in the murder and also protection for them directed the jail superintendent of Tihar Jail to remain present in court on the next date of hearingThe Bench further directed that the Tihar Jail Authorities to file a status report which should indicate the responsibility and accountability of jail officers who were responsible for the lapsesAlso Read Rohini court shootout accused Tillu Tajpuriya killed by rivals in Tihar JailAfter watching the CCTV the bench also said the court is unable to comprehend why no steps were taken by authorities if the incident was captured in CCTV cameras inside the jailGangster Tillu Tajpuriya an accused in Delhis Rohini court shootout case was killed by rival gang members in Tihar jail on May 2 this yearAccording to the prison officials Tillu Tajpuriya was immediately taken to Delhis Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was declared brought dead Meanwhile the case has now been transferred to a special cell for investigation The case was registered in Hari Nagar police station under sections 302 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code IPCMembers of the rival gang namely Deepak Teeter Yogesh alias Tunda Rajesh and Riyaz Khan had around 615 am cut open the iron grill installed on the first floor of the ward using an improvised saw According to a prison official the accused were lodged on the first floor of the same ward and they used an iron rod to attack TajpuriyaTajpuriya a resident of Delhi who headed the infamous Tillu gang was arrested in 2016 for multiple crimes and had been in jail ever sinceSunil Balyan alias Tajpuriya was the main accused in the Rohini court shootout case in September 2021 which left his friendturnedrival gangster Jitender Maan alias Gogi deadThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever