Inmate dies in Bonai sub-jail; probe going on

Rourkela: An inmate lodged at Bonai Sub-Jail in Sundargarh district died Tuesday morning. Phiru, 56, a resident of Gurundia, was imprisoned for five years at Bonai Sub-Jail. He went to sleep in his air-conditioned room after dinner as usual. He was allowed an A/C room because of his age. “As he did not respond to our calls, we finally took him to Bonai hospital where the doctors declared him dead” Jailer Sudhansu Biswal said who received the information around 4 am Tuesday morning. “I immediately informed our medical staff and went to Ward No. 4. He had no diseases. A team from Sundargarh used to come and check him as he had some psychiatric problem and other than that he had no other issues.” The body has been sent for postmortem. His family members also confirmed that he had no diseases and were waiting for the autopsy report to say anything about the death.