Abdul Ghani Turk, a 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict lodged at the Nagpur central jail, died in Nagpur on Thursday, an official said. Jail superintendent Rani Bhosle said that Turk had not been keeping well for some time and was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Nagpur on April 22.

Later, he was brought back and was being treated at the prison hospital. He fell unconscious on Thursday morning and was rushed to the GMCH, where he was declared dead around 12.45 pm, she said. Turk had also suffered paralysis last year. The cause of death will be known after autopsy report is available, the superintendent added.