Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 22: A 28-year-old under trial lodged at District Jail Amphalla died due to illness at a hospital in Jammu.
“Himanshu Choudhary, a resident of Sainik Colony, was arrested on June 28 this year in a case of theft,” a police official said.
He alleged that the accused suffered a severe conversion disorder (a mental condition also known as functional neurological symptom disorder) on August 25 and was shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, where he died yesterday.
“Today after postmortem, the body was handed over to Choudhary’s family,” the official said, adding the concerned police had taken cognizance of the matter.
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