UP: Under trial prisoner dies in jail

The prisoner died due to an illness. He was lodged in jail last year.

Update: 2017-01-01 10:44 GMT
Mr Newton said that he took all precautions and improved security at the prison. (Representational image)

Muzaffarnagar: A 60-year-old under trial prisoner of the district jail here died due to illness in Kairana town of Shamli district, police said.

According to jail superintendent Rakesh Singh, Imran, a tuberculosis patient, was under treatment in a hospital here.

He was lodged in jail last year under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem.

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