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PTI, Aug 7, 2024, 4:24 PM IST
Kannur: An elderly inmate died in Kannur Central jail after allegedly being beaten by a fellow prisoner, police said on Wednesday.
Karunakaran, 86, a native of Kolayad, was found dead on Saturday, and the post-mortem report confirmed that the death was due to injuries sustained from the beating.
He was serving life imprisonment after being convicted in a murder case.
The accused, Velayudhan, alias Ayyappan, a native of Palakkad, has been taken into police custody, Kannur Town Inspector Sreejith Koderi said.
The accused is also a convict in another murder case, police said.
The incident is being investigated, and further details are awaited, it added.
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