The death of a 53-year-old undertrial in a POCSO case lodged at Arthur Road jail has once again raised questions about inmates' security at the overcrowded prison. On Wednesday evening, JJ Hospital doctors declared the accused Suryakant Sarang 'brought dead' and an autopsy revealed blunt force trauma to the abdomen, indicating assault. The police had taken Suryakant Sarang to JJ Hospital with a fever. However, he was declared dead before admission. A doctor at the hospital said, "As the death was before admission, we had to treat it as a medico legal case and accordingly, the police were intimated and body sent for a postmortem."

A doctor at the hospital said, "He had no pulse when he was brought to the hospital and we declared him dead." As it was a death in judicial custody, the police registered the case under the Criminal Procedure Code and the inquest panchnama was conducted by a magistrate. A videographer and other protocol was followed including an autopsy team formed by forensic surgeons attached to department of forensic medicine and toxicology, Grant Medical College.