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UTP dies inside Tura prison

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By Our Reporter

SHILLONG: An under-trial prisoner who was an accused in a rape case was found dead inside his cell in Tura jail, a delayed report said on Friday.

According to police, the Superintendent of District Jail Tura, JJ Sangma, lodged an FIR at Tura Police Station that the under-trial prisoner (UTP) identified as Emphu B Marak, who was lodged at the Jail in connection with a rape case, died on March 31.

Declining to say anything further on the incident, a police official said, “We are waiting for the post mortem reports.”

Police are looking into the records to find out details of the rape involving the UTP.

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