Monday , December 23 2024

Prisoner returning from court hearing was given cold drink, died after some time, family said- this is murder

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In Purnia, Bihar, an undertrial prisoner was being taken to the court for hearing. It is alleged that after the hearing, some of his friends came to meet him and offered him a cold drink. After drinking it, the prisoner's health deteriorated. He was taken to the hospital, where he died. The relatives of the deceased are calling it a murder.

Prisoner Vivek with policemen.

A case of suspicious death of an undertrial prisoner has come to light in Purnia, Bihar. The deceased prisoner was lodged in Araria jail for the last 5 years in a murder case. The deceased has been identified as Vivek Kumar alias Lal Yadav, age 23 years. The prisoner was being taken back to Mandal jail after appearing in Supaul Civil Court. The family has accused Vivek's friends of killing him by poisoning his cold drink. At the same time, after this incident, questions have started being raised on the custody of Araria Jail Police.

Regarding the incident, the deceased's brother-in-law Dr. Vinod Kumar said that Vivek was serving a sentence in Araria divisional jail for the last 5 years in a murder case. He was going to be released soon. On Wednesday, Vivek was taken from the divisional jail to Supaul Civil Court for hearing. After the hearing, some friends came to meet him and gave him a cold drink.

He alleged that his friends mixed poison in this cold drink. After drinking it, his health started deteriorating. Seeing this, the jail police took him to GMCH Purnia for treatment instead of bringing him to the divisional jail, where he died during treatment. After this, the jail police informed them about this. By the time the family reached after getting the information, Vivek had already died. The deceased's brother-in-law told that Vivek's father Shiv Kumar Yadav died of illness in the month of September. The father was the former head of Saraigarh Bhaktiyahi block of Supaul.

video before death

The family members said that when Vivek was going to the court for hearing, they were also present with him. During this time, they also took photos and videos of Vivek. Vivek was completely healthy. After the death of the prisoner, his 4-second video has also surfaced, in which he is drinking a cold drink while sitting in a police van. The family members said that when Vivek was being taken to Supaul in police custody, some of his friends gave him a cold drink to drink. It is alleged that he was killed by mixing poison in the cold drink.

At present, the post-mortem of the deceased's body is being done under the supervision of a magistrate. The officials present at the scene have clearly refused to say anything on this matter.