Agartala, June 30 -- The residents of Goalabasti, close to the Civil Secretariat complex and High Court here, launched an agitation seeking justice after the death of a 60-year-old undertrial in the central jail yesterday.
The family members and neighbours accused police of torturing him in custody, and the jail authority didn't provide him with due medical care, which resulted in his death. The victim has been identified as Kailash Roy.
He was declared dead after being brought to Bishalgarh Sub-divisional hospital.
The family alleged that Roy had been remanded to the correctional facility just days earlier in connection with a fight. Before jail custody, he was under police remand for three days, and the family alleged police might hav...