Tag: Under Trial Prisoner

Angul: Police on Saturday arrested an under trial prisoner (UTP), who had earlier escaped from police custody in May last year, from Angul district. The accused has been identified as Jhasaketan Rout. Acting on a tip off, police conducted raids at Samantarapalli village in the district and nabbed Jhasaketan. According to sources, Jhasaketan had escaped […]

Burla: Disturbing and insensitive to presence of other patients around, a dead body of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) has been allowed to lie on the bed inside the ICU ward of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Vimsar) in Burla since yesterday. According to sources, the deceased identified as Subash Patel died […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Tuesday directed the principal secretary, state Home department, IG (Prisons) and the Police Commissioner to submit the inquiry report relating to handcuffing of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) of Jharpada Circle Jail, while he was under treatment in Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, within four weeks. The directive of […]

Bhubaneswar: An under trial prisoner (UTP) has sustained critical injuries in his head after jumping from the third floor of a court building here on Tuesday.

Jharsuguda: An under-trial prisoner lodged in the city sub-jail, died at the district headquarters hospital here on Monday. The inmate identified as Binod Kishan, a native of Mudkadhuda village in the district was in the jail since 2014 on charges of murdering his wife over dowry. Sub-jail superintendant Urmila Minj said Kishan complained of uneasiness […]

Sonepur: An under-trial prisoner lodged in Subarnapur Sub-jail, died under mysterious circumstances while undergoing treatment at a local hospital today. The deceased Tiku Asgar was a resident of Chamarpada of Binika area in the district. Jail staff Yudhisthir Harijan informed that Asgar went to attend nature’s call today morning but did not return even after […]