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The UTP identified as Joseph Tirki had been lodged in Rourkela Special Jail.
As per the jail authority, Joseph complaint of chest pain last night and was rushed to hospital for the same. However, he succumbed under treatment this morning.
Post Joseph’s death his wife Parbati Tirki alleged that the doctors treating him administered a wrong injection causing the death. Moreover, she claimed that the jail authorities didn’t inform her about the health condition of the UTP. She has demanded an impartial inquiry into the case.
Meanwhile, the hospital authorities have kept the body of the deceased at the morgue and are waiting for his family to conduct an autopsy in the presence of a magistrate.
Prasanta Patnaik