Chandigarh: Three years after convict’s death, police lodge murder case

Mohan Lal was serving life term for dacoity and murder at Model Burail Jail, when he was declared brought dead at GMCH -Sector 32 in February 2017.

Chandigarh Police Friday lodged a case of murder in connection with the death of a convict three years ago.

Mohan Lal was serving life imprisonment for dacoity and murder, and was lodged at Model Burail Jail when he was declared brought dead at Government Medical College and Hospital Sector 32 in February 2017.

A special panel of doctors had performed the autopsy of the body.

A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC), Gaurav Datta, was appointed for conducting the magisterial inquiry to probe the death of the convict.

Sources said, “A doctor had observed injuries on the neck of Mohan Lal and didn’t rule out any foul play in the death, although all the ocular evidence had indicated that he was not assaulted by anyone. Lal was also a heart patient.”

The matter was also sent to the National Human Rights Commission. The family of Mohan Lal, who was residing at Mansa Devi in Panchkula, was granted a compensation of Rs 3 lakh in February 2021.

A police officer said, “The FIR of murder case was registered against unknown persons. The circumstances and the nature of injuries will be examined during the police investigation. The record of the people, who were lodged along with Mohan Lal in the jail at the time of incident, will be obtained from the jail authorities. Opinions over the postmortem report will also be taken from the special panel of doctors of PGI.”

As per the jail record, Mohan Lal was convicted in a case of dacoity and murder with life imprisonment. He had completed around 14 years of imprisonment in jail and was likely to get premature release from the prison.

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