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Two notorious members of the Bawaria gang, wanted for a daring dacoity in Mathura, were gunned down by police in an encounter. The duo, carrying Rs 50,000 bounties, were involved in a robbery where a family was held hostage and valuables worth Rs 12 lakh were stolen. Two police officers sustained injuries during the operation.

Uttar Pradesh jails witnessed 419 inmate deaths in 2025, with overcrowding cited as a major concern. Recent incidents, including alleged torture and illness-related fatalities, have drawn attention. Student activist Vineet Chaprana highlighted negligence and lack of medical care as probable causes, noting overcrowded facilities in several districts and vowing to approach the Human Rights Commission.

mathura prison authorities organized a cricket tournament called Jail Premier League, inspired by the IPL, to improve inmates' well-being. Eight teams from different barracks competed in league matches and semi-finals. The Knight Riders won the final against the Capitals. Kaushal received Player of the Match and Series awards, while Pankaj and Bhura earned the purple and orange caps, respectively

Kerala journalist Siddiqu Kappan, who has been lodged in mathura prison for more than six months on the charges of sedition and terror, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. He was admitted to a private medical college.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been in mathura prison for more than six months on charges of sedition and terrorism, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Journalist Siddique Kappan remained incarcerated in mathura prison on Thursday, over 24 hours after the Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government to shift him to a Delhi hospital for treatment “at the earliest”.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan was on Friday taken to AIIMS, Delhi from UP’s Mathura jail, two days after the Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government to transfer him to a better health facility in the national capital.

Three prisoners of Sewar Jail in Bharatpur escaped when they were brought to the court for a hearing.They threw chilli powder in the guard's eyes in Bharatpur sessions court and ran away.

The Mathura district jail has bagged its largest-ever order for dresses, designed and stitched by a group of Muslim prisoners. The outfits will adorn Lord Krishna idols across the country.

Four officials, including head warder of the Mathura district jail in Uttar Pradesh, were suspended after three undertrial prisoners aged between 18 and 21 years jumped over the prison wall and escaped on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday

Holi in Braj area will be played with special herbal gulal prepared by prison inmates of Mathura.

With three inmates escaping from Mathura district jail on the night of December 31, the count of prisoners managing to cut loose from “high-security” prisons in Uttar Pradesh in the past five years has gone up to 67. Out of these, one absconding inmate Zaheer Ul-Haq has died, while 34 remain at large. Most of them are convicted criminal.

At least 500 prisoners in Mathura district jail were quarantined in their barracks on Saturday after 24 prisoners in the jail and the deputy jailor tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 48 hours.

Lord Krishna is the supreme of all demigods of all old, recent religions. He is the protector of Sanatan Dhram, the only Dharma with no beginning or end. Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi is the temple situated in the crowded city of Mathura, the birth city of Bhagwan Krishna located on the banks of river Yamuna. It is approximately 145 km from the capital city Delhi. This town is famous for being the host and is the most revered temple of Shri Krishna – the famous Krishna Janmabhoomi Mandir. The temple is located in the middle of the city Mathura. The prison where Lord Krishna was found in Yug to establish Dharma, and the Dwapar Yug comprises of 864,000 years.

Kappan and three others were arrested on October 5 last year when they were going to Hathras in UP from Delhi to report the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl by upper caste youths. Later they were accused of trying to create disturbance and booked for sedition and under UAPA.

Mathura jail inmates have been on a hunger strike for the past 48 hours to protest against the alleged preferential treatment extended to Rajesh Sharma alias Taunta by the prison staff. Taunta has been accused of murdering former DSP’s son Brijesh Mavi.

Agra IG Sunil Gupta ordered the suspension of 10 policemen, including an inspector, who failed to save the prisoner injured in gang-war inside the Mathura jail

At 9am on Tuesday, Shabista Khan got a call from her husband. It was her husband, Dr Kafeel Khan, wishing her a happy birthday from prison. It had been almost six months since they had seen each other, with more to go, they thought. They did not know then that an hour and a half later, Shabista would get another call — her husband was getting out.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, visitors from outside will not be allowed to witness Janmashtami celebrations at Agra Central jail this year. However, the annual tradition of offering midnight prayers at the shrine inside the jail premises will take place as usual on Wednesday, said jail authorities.