Chandigarh, May 16 -- A prisoner lodged in Hoshiarpur jail died on Saturday following a violent altercation with police personnel outside the Civil Hospital in Hoshiarpur, where he had been brought for a routine medical examination ahead of a court appearance, officials said.
The deceased, identified as Naseeb, a resident of Kotla Gaunspur village in Hoshiarpur district, was in judicial custody in a narcotics trafficking case under the NDPS Act.
According to police, the incident took place when a police team escorted several inmates to the hospital for medical check-ups, a routine procedure carried out before presenting prisoners in court. After the examination, as police personnel were taking the accused back in an e-rickshaw, Naseeb all...