Jamshedpur: Harpal Singh Thapar, the operator of a child care centre run by the NGO, Mother Teresa Welfare Committee, here and accused of sexually exploiting girl inmates of the centre, died early on Saturday in judicial custody.
Family members of Thapar, who was in his late 40s and lodged at the Gaghidih jail since June 16, claimed that he died of torture, the East Singhbhum district police said he died on the way to the hospital and a post mortem will be conducted to find out the cause of the death.
SSP M Tamil Vanan said the post mortem would be videographed and conducted by a medical board in the presence of a magistrate. “We will have to wait for the post mortem report to know the cause of the death. Jail officials told me that Thapar’s vitals dropped suddenly in the morning after which he was rushed to the MGM hospital but died on the way,” he said.
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