Sheikh, who was forwarded to the jail on January 2, complained of chest pain this morning and was sent to Malda Medical College Hospital. There, he went to the toilet where he fell down and died, Bhutia said.
In this picture taken on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, grandmother of a female teacher who was beaten and set on fire, prepares to sit near the body in an ambulance on her way to village, outside a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani police say they have arrested two suspects and are continuing their search for five men who tortured a 19-year-old school teacher and burned her to death for refusing to marry a man twice her age. (AP Photo/M. Farid)
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An undertrial prisoner lodged in a correctional home here died on Wednesday amidst allegation that he had been tortured in custody. Superintendent of Malda Correctional Home, D Bhutia, said the deceased, Rabijul Sheikh (32), was arrested in dacoity and Arms Act cases. Sheikh, who was forwarded to the jail on January 2, complained of chest pain this morning and was sent to Malda Medical College Hospital. There, he went to the toilet where he fell down and died, Bhutia said.
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Sheikh’s family members alleged that his body bore injury marks in the head and face, but Bhutia said there were no injury marks on him when he was sent to the hospital. Higher authorities have been informed about the incident, the superintendent said.
