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A death row prisoner died due to electrocution in Karachi Central Jail

Maryam NaqviSpecial Correspondent for Science & IT • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
A death row prisoner died due to electrocution in Karachi Central Jail

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • A prisoner died due to electric shock in the barracks of the Central Jail in Karachi. The prisoner belonged to Punjab.
  • According to jail officials, the incident took place between Wednesday and Thursday night, a short circuit occurred in a barrack of the Cent.
  • According to the prison authorities, Amjad was a death row prisoner and had appealed to his president for mercy.

A prisoner died due to electric shock in the barracks of the Central Jail in Karachi. The prisoner belonged to Punjab.

According to jail officials, the incident took place between Wednesday and Thursday night, a short circuit occurred in a barrack of the Central Jail's cycle number three and a prisoner named Amjad died on the spot due to electrocution.

According to the prison authorities, Amjad was a death row prisoner and had appealed to his president for mercy.

According to the authorities, the dead body has been shifted to the mortuary, and will be handed over to the heirs after legal proceedings.

Jail authorities say that cases of rape were registered against the prisoner Amjad, further investigation of the incident is going on.

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Maryam Naqvi

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