Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: A 50-year-old undertrial prisoner hailing from Chhattisgarh died at a hospital in Jammu.
“Johida Ram was lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal and was shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu for treatment on Saturday evening after he fell seriously ill,” police sources said.
They said Ram breathed his last on Monday and later his body was handed over to his next of kin for last rites after completion of legal formalities. “He was a mason by profession and was shifted to Kot Bhalwal Jail from Sub-Jail Hiranagar in February to face trial in a case under Section 304 Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder),” sources said.
He was suffering from hypotension and was under treatment at the Jail, they said, adding his blood pressure dropped on Saturday and accordingly he was shifted to GMCH Jammu on the advice of the Jail doctor.
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