Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh minister and senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Gayatri Prajapati, who was an accused in a gang rape case and was currently lodged in the Lucknow district jail, was allegedly attacked by another inmate in the jail hospital.

Prajapati, who was undergoing treatment in the jail hospital following some medical complications, suffered injuries on his head, according to the police sources here.

Sources said that the ex-minister, whose wife Mahraji Devi was an MLA from Amethi assembly constituency, had a heated exchange with an inmate, identified as Vishwas, after which the latter attacked him with a knife on Tuesday evening. Police however said that he was attacked with a rod.

Prajapati’s family termed the attack a ’conspiracy’ to ‘kill’ him and demanded adequate

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