Prison inmate dies
| DATE: 2010-02-08 | PRINT | SHARE
Mohamed Rasheed, director of Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services (DPRS) said Laamu atoll Gan Hassan Ahmed, 29, died around 2pm, adding the doctors examined have said the cause of death was unknown.
Some of the inmates told Haveeru Daily that Ahmed complained the jail officers for having chest pain, but the jail officers ignored.
The dead body was examined by Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) on Saturday evening. IGMH doctors have also said the cause of death was unknown.
Raheed said the inmate who was sentenced for 25 years has no previous medical records, adding he was also employed in the jail.
When he died the inmates protest, he said, but there was no confrontation.
A man under police detention was also dead last week.
| DATE: 2010-02-08 | PRINT | SHARE
An inmate serving a jail sentence for drug use died at Kaafu atoll Maafushi prison on Saturday.
Mohamed Rasheed, director of Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services (DPRS) said Laamu atoll Gan Hassan Ahmed, 29, died around 2pm, adding the doctors examined have said the cause of death was unknown.
Some of the inmates told Haveeru Daily that Ahmed complained the jail officers for having chest pain, but the jail officers ignored.
The dead body was examined by Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) on Saturday evening. IGMH doctors have also said the cause of death was unknown.
Raheed said the inmate who was sentenced for 25 years has no previous medical records, adding he was also employed in the jail.
When he died the inmates protest, he said, but there was no confrontation.
A man under police detention was also dead last week.
