Gorakhpur, Oct. 28 -- A three-year-old boy hysterically crying to see his jailed parents, died yesterday, yet his body was not allowed inside the prison by the authorities to enable his parents to have one last look at him, triggering outrage among villagers, who blocked a road near Khapardhwa police outpost in the Gulriha area of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said today.
The police succeeded in breaking the blockade in about an hour, sources said.
The tragedy had taken a dramatic turn when the child's grandfather brought his body to the district jail so that the parents could have a final glimpse of their son, but the jail authorities did not allow the body inside.
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