Sribhumi, May 24 -- Two staff members of a district jail in Assam's Sribhumi district have been apprehended for allegedly committing sexual assault against a woman in the jail premises late on Friday night, police said.

According to Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) Pranab Jyoti Kalita, the apprehended persons have been identified as Hareswar Kalita and Brajendra Kalita.

The Addl. SP said that security personnel from the district jail informed police about the incident at around 1:30 AM, after which the accused were nabbed.

"At around 1:30 AM (May 24), they received information from the district jail from a security personnel that a lady was sexually assaulted by two jail staff members," Addl. SP Kalita told reporters.

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