The incident took place on Thursday, when Sajid Ali, Momin Sheikh, Saleem Razak, Shammi Beig and three others affiliated to the Dawood gang, picked up a quarrel with Chhota Rajan gangsters Raju Narayan Nalawade, Vyankatesh Rajendra Singh, Kasim alias Shamim Munna, and six others near the Quarentine Yard.

The quarrel led to fisticuffs and stone pelting. A Class II jailor, Dinkar Patil, who intervened in the free for all was assaulted and kicked in the groin following which an alarm for help was sounded. Jail superintendent Ram Jadhav and staff members rushed to the spot. However, the clashes continued, prompting Jadhav to call the police.

Subsequently, the Nashik Road police controlled the clashes and offences were registered against eight members of the Dawood gang and ten members of the Rajan gang. Five gangsters also sustained minor injuries during theclashes.

Although precautions are taken to ensure that goons of rival gangs do not come face to face, on this particular occasion, a log of tree while being taken out of the quarantine yard had jammed the gate, providing an opportunity to the inmates to go out towards members of the Rajan gang.

The Nashik jail houses about 2,300 criminals and undertrials, including 48 from the Dawood gang and 38 from the Chhota Rajan gang. They are lodged seperately in the quarantine yard and circle no 2 yard, respectively. Some members of both the gangs have been permitted by the court to eat food supplied from outside.

About three months ago, some members of the Arun Gawli gang had assaulted some inmates, who were earlier with their gang but had left to form their own group.

PRINCIPAL SACKED: Principal of the Narhar Balwant Thakur Law College run by the Gokhale Education Society (GES), Ramtanay Shantaram Gorhe, has been sacked for committing irregularities.

According to GES Secretary, Dr M S Gosavi, theinstitution had ordered a departmental inquiry against Gorhe, but the latter had moved the Bombay High Court demanding that the inquiry be quashed. However, the court rejected his plea and ordered that the inquiry be expedited.

The inquiry conducted by former chief justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice B N Deshmukh, found that fifteen of the 20 allegations against Gorhe were true. After receiving the inquiry report, the GES issued a showcause notice to Gorhe, who ignored it. The GES then decided to dismiss him from service.

The allegations include financial irregularities in grants received from the Government; withdrawing Rs 4.5 lakh and not accounting for Rs 50,000 from the amount; not maintaining records of sale of admission forms and prospectus; appointment of teachers who were above 60 years of age resulting in non-receipt of grants from the Government and subsequent loss of Rs 30,000 to the institution.