A jail official was trashed as he tried to stop violent clashes between two-groups of inmates of the Baruipur correctional home in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, officials said on Tuesday. Sub Jailer Shyamal Bhattacharya was beaten up when he intervened as clashes broke out between the two groups on Monday evening, they said. Bhattacharya has been admitted to the Baruipur sub-divisional hospital.