BHUBANESWAR: Following the death of an Under Trial Prisoner (UTP) at Jharpada jail here on Tuesday, the Inspector General (IG) of Prisons on Wednesday directed an official of a DIG cadre to investigate into the matter. The investigating officer was asked to submit the probe report within one day, while the magistrate-level inquiry has already been started into the case.
The UTP was identified as Laxmidhar
Nanda of Birapratappur village in Puri district. According to sources, he was taken
to jail custody after Excise Intelligence and Establishment Bureau arrested him
on September 14. When he fell ill on September 16, the jail authorities treated
him at the jail hospital. Later, he was shifted to Capital hospital on Tuesday
after his health condition deteriorated. However, doctors declared him dead on
the day.
After getting information about
the death of Nanda from the jail authorities, his family members on Wednesday alleged
that he was murdered intentionally. They questioned that why the jail
authorities kept them in dark about the health condition of Nanda and what
compelled the authorities to not inform about him while he was undergoing
treatment at the hospital.
Police started investigation in
to the matter after registering a case of unnatural death. Bhubaneswar DCP
Niteenjit Singh wrote to Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate seeking a judicial
probe in to the issue. On the other hand, Jail IG SS Hansda said, “If
involvement of any jail staff comes to our notice, we will take action against
them also.”
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