Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Gayatri Prajapati was hospitalised on 30 September 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, they said. Prajapati, a former leader of the Samajwadi Party , was arrested in 2017 on charges of rape.

Prajapati was admitted to the jail hospital of Lucknow District Jail after the altercation. "An altercation with a prisoner on cleaning duty at the hospital led to a scuffle," an official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

"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,"

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