A prisoner was killed in judicial lockup (bakhshi khana) of the city’s session court when another accused opened gunfire at him while the attacker was shot dead by the police in the encounter that ensued, officials said on Saturday. According to police, two prisoners who came to appear before Lahore Session Court exchanged hot words in the court premises where an accused Azam opened gunfire killing the other prisoner Shafqat. Later on, gun-wielding Azam stepped inside court building. Finding himself trapped in police cordon, he opened reckless fire. On this, police killed him in the ensued encounter. The attacking prisoner was jailed in Sahiwal and brought to Lahore for court appearance.
