POONCH: A Pakistani prisoner called Ishtiaq Ahmed lodged in a district jail in Poonch, was rushed to the hospital after he swallowed a blade. At Jammu hospital, a team of doctors removed the blade from his throat. His condition is stable now.

According to police spokesperson, Ahmed, a resident of Pakistani administered Kashmir, was arrested three months ago for crossing the Line of Control.

The jail superintendent has ordered a departmental enquiry into the incident.

Recently, Pakistani prisoner Showkat Ali, 42, a resident of Pind Sail Jathan in Sialkot, Pakistan, was found hanging from the iron window of a toilet inside the prison in the Central Jail in Jammu.