Judicial probe recommended into undertrial prisoner's death in UP jail

An undertrial prisoner has died at the district jail here due to illness following which a judicial probe has been recommended into the incident, officials said Monday. Gulfam, a tuberculosis patient, was arrested in 2012 and was facing murder charges, Jail Superintendent AK Saxena said. After his health conditions deteriorated on Sunday, he was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, the officer said. The body has been sent for post-mortem and jail authorities have recommended a judicial probe into the incident, he said.

(With inputs from agencies.)