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Tripura HC asks state govt to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to family of deceased jail inmate

AGARTALA: A division bench of the Tripura high court, upholding a single bench order, has asked the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the next kin of a jail inmate, who died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) due to medical negligence on the part of correctional home.

Chandan Dey, who was serving a six-year rigorous imprisonment term at Central Correctional Home in Sipahijala district after being found guilty in a road accident, died of encephalitis in June 2017.

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