Gurgaon: Faridabad jail deputy superintendent of police (DSP) (security), Sachin Kaushik, and jail superintendent, Harendra Kumar, were on Friday suspended by DGP (prisons), Alok Mittal, days after a 20-year-old terror accused, in jail for allegedly plotting an attack on Ram Temple in Ayodhya, was killed inside the district prison complex in Neemka. Sanjay Bangar, superintendent of Narnaul jail, has now been given additional charge of the Faridabad jail. DGP Mittal confirmed the action against the two cops.Abdul Rahman died early on Monday after another inmate attacked him with a sharp-edged object. Rahman was assaulted around 2am while he was asleep, allegedly by Arun Chaudhary, a Kashmiri man lodged in the same prison. Police said Chaudhary struck Rahman repeatedly on the head, leaving him critically injured.Jail staff provided him first aid, but he died before he could be taken to the hospital.Sources said Rahman and Chaudhary were at loggerheads for the days leading up to the murder due to the former plotting an attack on the temple. Police are probing why the inmates were lodged together.ACP Ashok Kumar said police received a letter from jail authorities about the murder. He said the Faridabad police have registered a murder case against Chaudhary, adding that a judicial probe has been launched.Chaudhary was shifted from a Jammu jail to Faridabad in Oct 2024, police said. He has eight cases against him, including trespassing, attempt to murder and murder.Rahman, a resident of Milkipur in UP’s Faizabad district, was arrested on March 2, 2025, near Pali village in Faridabad during a joint operation by Gujarat ATS and Haryana STF. Two hand grenades recovered from him were later defused by bomb disposal squads.Rahman, according to police, was staying in Faridabad under a fake identity and blended into the local community by working as an autorickshaw driver and at a small eatery. He stayed at a secluded pump house on the city’s outskirts.Security agencies flagged him as a key operative tasked with reconnaissance of sensitive locations, including the Ram Temple and administrative buildings in the state.Digital devices seized during his arrest allegedly contained videos and material linked to the temple, along with instructions and details of the planned attack.Officials earlier said the grenades found with Rahman were sourced through handlers linked to Pakistan’s ISI via networks associated with Islamic State Khorasan Province. Though no date was fixed, agencies assessed that the planned strike was intended to trigger mass casualties and panic. This prompted a coordinated probe by central and state agencies to identify sleeper cells, local facilitators and logistical support.Mittal also reviewed the security arrangements in the jail on Thursday after Rahman’s killing. Officials said inmates and staff were questioned to establish the sequence of events leading to the attack.
