JAMMU: An undertrial died under mysterious circumstances at the high-security jail in Kot Bhalwal area of Jammu, police said on Saturday. His family has alleged foul play and sought a probe into his death.
The undertrial, Sunny Singh (30), a resident of Deoli village, was facing charges in three cases, including a murder case, registered against him at Bishnah police station between 2008 and 2010. “The undertrial died at Kot Bhalwal Central Jail on Friday night and later his body was shifted to a government medical college (GMC) for autopsy in the early hours of Saturday. He was found unconscious in his barrack and was attended to by the jail hospital staff,” a jail official said.