Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Gayatri Prajapati was hospitalised on Tuesday after he was injured following an altercation with an inmate in the Lucknow Prison, authorities said. The prisoner hit him with the sliding part of a cupboard.

He was arrested in 2017 on charges of rape.

According to DG prison, former Minister Gayatri Prajapati was admitted to the jail hospital of Lucknow District Jail. “An altercation with a prisoner on cleaning duty at the hospital led to a scuffle”

“The prisoner on cleaning duty became enraged and hit him with the sliding part of a cupboard, causing injuries to Gayatri Prajapati. Necessary treatment was immediately administered, and he is now completely healthy,” DG prison stated.

However, Gayatri Prajapati claimed that he was “attacked by a vicious criminal

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