Hoshiarpur: Bhubanesh Chopra, alias Ashish Chopra, an alleged gangster lodged in Hoshiarpur Central Jail, died at a government hospital on Wednesday, a jail official said.
Hoshiarpur Central Jail superintendent Harcharan Singh Gill said the jail medical officer referred Chopra to the hospital on Wednesday morning after a medical emergency. He was declared dead at the hospital.
Gill said the circumstances surrounding Chopra’s death were being investigated. Further details are expected after the postmortem examination.
Chopra, a resident of Ferozepur city, was transferred to Hoshiarpur Central Jail from Sangrur Central Jail on October 23. He was facing 16 cases registered under various legal provisions.
According to available information, a case against him had been registered at the Chheharta police station in Amritsar under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. He was subsequently lodged in Sangrur jail in connection with the case.
The exact circumstances of his death remain unclear.
