35 death reported in Tihar in 2013

Lack of prompt medical facilities and proper surveillance in the Asia’s largest prison – Tihar Jail --, the death of inmates doubled compare to last year. 

The Tihar Jail has witnessed 35 deaths, including two suicides and two murders, during 213, an official said.  In 2012, sixteen inmates died inside the jail and two prisoners committed suicide.

In 2013, Delhi gang-rape prime accused Ram Singh committed suicide by hanging himself. Ram Singh was found hanging inside jail number 3. He was rushed to the jail hospital but declared dead on arrival.

Magisterial inquiries were conducted in every death but inquiry reports in the suicide cases and murders are yet to come.

Though, the jail authorities claim that the most of the death were natural and round-the-clock medical attention is given to jail inmates. There is a 150-bedded hospital in central jail number 3 and dispensaries attached to other jails. However, sources said that lack of proper surveillance and medical attention; the inmates have died in the jail.

But interesting incidents of murders were not reported earlier years. Last year, two murder incidents took place inside the jail premises.

In one of the incident, Mohammad Javed was brutally murdered inside the jail premises during roll call in month of March 2013. Javed, a resident of Seelampur, was lodged in jail for a murder case. The jail authorities were tight-lipped over the matter and said that the magisterial inquiry is still pending. 

As many as 14,000 prisoners are lodged inside nine jails, out of which 600 are women.

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