IPL-obsessed prisoner roughed up by inmates

He kept watching a match till midnight and disturbed others

A prisoner’s obsession with an IPL match landed him in trouble in Udupi prison on Sunday night.

Tony James from Kerala was roughed up by about six other prisoners at the district jail at Anjar village near Hiriyadka of Udupi district when he insisted on watching the match.

N.S. Shivakumar, jail superintendent of the district jail, told

The Hindu on Monday that the prisoner, who was shifted to the jail in Anjar from Mangaluru three days ago, kept on watching the IPL match till midnight, which disturbed the other inmates, who were trying to sleep.

About five to six other prisoners went to snatch the remote from him, and when he resisted, he was pushed around. In the process, James suffered injuries.

The jail staff immediately shifted James to another cell at night. On Monday morning, James said that he was in pain. He was sent to the District Government Hospital in Udupi for treatment, Mr. Shivakumar said. James was brought to jail in connection with a case of attempt to murder, which took place in 2012.

District Surgeon Madhusudhan Nayak told

The Hindu that when doctors at the District Government Hospital examined James, he was found to have lost two front teeth and had injuries on his lips. James complained of injuries to his back. An X-ray was taken and no fractures were found, he said.