Summary:
“Only two days before the tragedy, Gafar had found a way to call his family on family from the jail. PATIALA: A 60-year-old travel agent died inside the Patiala Central Jail in early hours of Saturday. The family of deceased Abdul Gafar claimed that he was tortured to death by jail officials after heated arguments over denial of permission to offer Friday namaz. After he was not allowed to pray, he had an argument with some of the officials,”Ashfaq said.“Now, jail officials are claiming that he committed suicide using a crepe bandage to hang himself. “The inmate was under stress as his family had failed to arrange money for his bail bond for six months,” he said..