RAWALPINDI: An under-trial mentally ill prisoner was murdered, while two others were injured after another inmate allegedly attacked them with a brick in the barracks of mentally ill prisoners in Adiala jail on Thursday.

He attacked the inmates while they were sleeping. Later, another prisoner, Mohammad Omer Azhar, woke up upon hearing the screams of the victims and called the security staff of the jail, who shifted the injured prisoners to the emergency ward of the jail hospital, where they were provided first aid.

Later, injured Ijaz Rabbani and HamadAliwere shifted to the PakistanInstitute of Medical Sciences (Pims), while Sheraz Ahmad, who was badly injured, was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

However, Ijaz Rabbani succumbed to his injuries upon reaching the hospital, the superintendent of Adial jail said.

Following the orders of Inspector General of Prisons Punjab Mian Farooq Nazir, DIG Rawalpindi Region Rana Rauf, along with his medical team, has been conducting a detailed inquiry into the incident.

Meanwhile, police, investigating the murder of ex-MPA Chaudhry Adnan, have detained two suspected `shooters` after tracing the motorcycle they used in the crime and sent both of them to jail for an identification parade on Thursday.