Guwahati: A prisoner in Barpeta jail passed away suddenly on Friday who was identified as Omar Ali and he spent seven years in prison. Ali lived in the Ramapara area of Barpeta’s Alapati Char.
According to reports, the inmate’s body is currently being kept in the mortuary at the Barpeta Medical College Hospital where a post-mortem is reportedly being performed.
However, the cause of the prisoner’s death hasn’t yet been disclosed by doctors.
The Barpeta police opened an investigation into the matter after filing a case alleging that the prisoner’s death was not a natural one.