Thiruvananthapuram: The district collector has ordered a magisterial probe into the death of a remand prisoner while under treatment at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital (TMCH) on Thursday night. The probe was ordered following the complaint filed by the prisoner’s relatives. The deceased Aji Kumar (37), son of Manikantan Ashari of Panayil Puthenveedu near Mavarathalakonam at Njandoorkonam was the third accused in a case registered at Mannanthala police station for assaulting one Vishakh (36).
Alleging custodial torture as the reason for the death, the relatives of Kumar disrupted the postmortem procedures until the revenue divisional officer (RDO) assured a transparent probe. The inquest and autopsy were held later in the presence of RDO.
