Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 15: Asphyxia is stated to be apparent cause of death of under-trial Jatinder Singh alias Raja, who died under mysterious circumstances at District Jail Udhampur on Saturday.
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Postmortem of the dead body was conducted this morning by a board of five doctors and 15 samples were taken for examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, informed Dr Vijay Basnotra, Superintendent of the District Hospital Udhampur.
“Though detailed post-mortem reports will be available after some time, the preliminary report hints that asphyxia was the cause of death,” he added.
As already report, under-trail Jatinder Singh alias Raja, son of Nagar Singh of Gandhi Nagar, was found hanging in bathroom of the barrack, where he was lodged with other jail inmates. He was immediately shifted to District Hospital Udhampur where doctors declared him as brought dead.
The deceased was main accused in the Amandeep murder case and had been facing trial under the Court of II Additional Judge Jammu in case FIR number 247/2009, Police Station Gandhi Nagar under Section 302 RPC.
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