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He was shifted to Sassoon General Hospital around 3am for treatment as advised by the medical officer. We are collecting medical documents pertaining to the ailments he suffered and the postmortem report from the jail and Sassoon hospital for investigations. He was taking medicines since he came here on September 9, 2017.”A doctor from the state-run Sassoon General Hospital, who did not want to be named, said, “Merchant's postmortem was inconclusive for ascertaining the cause of death. Pune: Taher Mohammad Merchant , who was sentenced to death in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and lodged in Yerawada Central Prison in Pune, died while undergoing treatment at Sassoon General Hospital around 3.45am on Wednesday.Jail superintendent U T Pawar told TOI, “A medical officer examined Merchant (64) after he complained of breathlessness and severe chest pain. His convict number was 17688 and he was lodged in a cell for death row convicts.A revenue official of the rank of nayab tahsildar conducted the panchanama of his body..