LUCKNOW, Sept. 30 -- Incarcerated former Samajwadi Party minister Gayatri Prajapati was reportedly injured after he was attacked by another prisoner at hospital inside the Lucknow district jail here on Tuesday evening, confirmed senior jail officials.

Sharing further details, Lucknow jail superintendent RK Jaiswal said the incident took place when the prisoner identified as one Vishwas was doing cleaning at the jail hospital at around 6.30 pm. He said Vishwas got annoyed when the former minister hurled abuses while he refused to give him water.

The jail superintendent said the accused attacked the former minister on his head with an iron stick lying nearby. He said Prajapati suffered some cuts in the head but no major injury. As per Jai...