LARKANA: An elderly prisoner died of diabetes and asthma in Jail Ward of Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana during Eid Fitr holidays.

According to details, a 60-year-old prisoner of Central Jail Larkan, Akbar, son of Rahib Chandio, died of diabetes and asthma in Jail Ward of Chandka Medical College Hospital during Eid Fitr holidays. He had undergone 19 years imprisonment in a murder case of an army person. He was the resident of Dadu.

Inmates alleged that Chandio was suffering from the diseases and asthma since past Ramadan and died without provision of proper and timely medical treatment by the jail administration. His body was handed over to the heirs in presence of a civil judge and judicial magistrate, who took it to Dadu for final rites.