Preventive measures in place at Tihar jail after stabbing of Tillu Tajpuriya

The Tihar Jail in Delhi is taking a series of preventive security measures after the murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside its premises. A Quick Response Team has been deployed at the jail in Delhi and a canopy made of net has also been put up to ensure that nobody is able to throw anything inside.

Tajpuriya was killed on May 2 allegedly by four members of the rival Gogi gang — Deepak alias Titar, Yogesh alias Tunda, Rajesh, and Riyaz Khan — who stabbed him “92 times”. The four attackers, lodged on the first floor of the prison, cut an iron grille and used bed sheets to climb down, police had said.

Tajpuriya was lodged in Tihar jail since 2016. He was an accused in the 2021 Rohini court shootout, in which gangster Jitender Gogi was killed, and was facing a threat to his life following the shootout.

(with PTI inputs)