Jairam Rout (38), son of Gayadhar Rout of Rajpur (Balichandrapur) under Rajnagar police limits on Tuesday died soon after being released from the Kendrapada sub jail. Jail Superintendent Biren Sahu said due to non-payment of arrear maintenance of Rs 1.11 lakh to his wife, Jairam was imprisoned for a month after being convicted by a family court last month. He came to Kendrapara Sub jail as jail inmate on February 18 last and was released on March 17.
Suddenly he fell sick near the main gate of the jail and did not get proper treatment for an hour. An auto rickshaw was hired from Tinimuhani to shift Jairam to the District Headquarters Hospital, but the doctor declared him brought dead. On being intimated, Kendrapada Town police station IIC Pramod Kumar lenka, Sadar Police Station IIC Biranchi Kumar Bag and SDPO Purna Chndra Pradhan rushed to the hospital. In the presence of Additional Tehsildar of Kendrapara-cum-Executive Magistrate Sibabrata Maillck, the body was sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile, Baidhar Rout, brother of the deceased, filed a complaint before SDPO Pradhan alleging that his brother was tortured and later killed by the jail authority. IIC Bag was assigned to conduct an inquiry into the matter.