Aligarh jail inmate dies of ‘lung an infection’, kin allege torture | Agra Information

AGRA: A 40-year-old inmate of Aligarh district jail in UP died of “lung an infection” on Thursday morning, officers mentioned.
Nonetheless, the household alleged “torture by jail authorities and police”.
Yagya Dutt, a resident of Aligarh, was despatched to jail on August 22 in a theft case.
He was present in a severe situation in his barrack on Wednesday evening throughout routine checking and rushed to the hospital.
Later, he was referred to the district hospital the place he died throughout remedy, police mentioned.
In the meantime, the members of the family created a ruckus exterior Gandhi Park police station alleging that the person’s physique bore harm marks whereas it was handed over to them.
In addition they demanded a case to be registered in opposition to the jail officers and police.
Satyaparkash, a relative, mentioned, “He was brutally overwhelmed up which led to his dying. The physique had harm marks and the jail authorities and cops are answerable for it.”
Denying allegations, senior superintendent of Aligarh jail Bijendra Singh Yadav mentioned, “The inmate was despatched to jail in a theft case. He was captured and overwhelmed up by locals whereas he was stealing. The postmortem report acknowledged lung an infection as the reason for dying.”
Deputy superintendent of police (2) Vishal Chaudhry mentioned, “A magisterial investigation can be carried out relating to the allegations made by the household.”
Notably, that is the third prisoner to die in Aligarh district jail within the final one month.
On July 16, Vimal Kumar (36), who was lodged below the Narcotics Act, died after he fell ailing.
On August 3, Mahavir Singh (50), a homicide convict, too died contained in the jail.