A 50-year-old undertrial prisoner lodged at a jail in Maharashtra`s Thane district has died after complaining of sudden chest pain and giddiness, police said on Sunday.
As reported by PTI, the deceased has been identified as Ajay Anandji Kalhan, alias Helam Ravindra Kapadia (50). Without specifying the charges against him, an official from the Khadakpada police station said that Ajay was lodged at the Aadharwadi Central Jail in Kalyan.
Ajay suddenly collapsed on Friday morning inside the jail
At 7:40 pm on Friday, the prisoner suddenly collapsed inside his cell after complaining of acute chest pain and a severe bout of giddiness, the official said, quoting the information received from the on-duty jail sepoy.
He said that the prison staff immediately rushed him to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, as per PTI.
Soon after the hospital authorities declared him dead, his body was sent to a government hospital for a comprehensive postmortem examination to determine the exact cause of death.
The Khadakpada police have as of now registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR), and an investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the inmate`s death, the official said.
Man stabbed to death over a dispute, three arrested
In a different scenario at Kalyan on Saturday, a 30-year-old man was brutally attacked and killed by three persons over a dispute in Maharashtra`s Thane district.
The police arrested the accused within hours of the attack that occurred in the Mharalgaon area of Kalyan taluka late on Friday night, an official said, reported PTI.
The victim, Ravindra, alias Pintaya, alias Dokya Yashwant Ahire, was cornered by the accused, Deepak Sukhdev Dange, Vijay Bhide, and Parshuram Bhide, at the Malkhamb Compound around 9 pm, Inspector Mukesh Dhage of the Kalyan taluka police station said, reported PTI.
He said that the victim had a dispute with Dange and had planned to lodge a police complaint against him.
Irked by the development, the trio intercepted Ravindra and attacked him with sharp-edged weapons, repeatedly stabbing him in his stomach, head, side, and face, killing him on the spot, the official said.
The accused were apprehended following a complaint lodged by the victim`s brother, and a case has been registered against them under sections 103(1) (murder) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
(With inputs from PTI)
