Under-trial prisoner dies of heart attack in Udupi district jail

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, May 12, 2024: A 35-year-old undertrial prisoner has died in the district prison here after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. The Hiriyadka police have initiated an investigation into the incident as an unnatural death.

According to a report filed by jailor S.A Shirol with the police, the undertrial, Anup Shetty, had been incarcerated since August 6, 2021. On Saturday afternoon, around 2:45 p.m., Shetty experienced vomiting and subsequently lost consciousness. He was promptly transported via the prison ambulance to Udupi District Hospital, where medical professionals pronounced him deceased upon arrival.

Anup Shetty had been arrested in connection with the murder of his business associate, Ajendra Shetty, in Kalavar village of Kundapur in July 2021. Ajendra Shetty, a financier, was fatally attacked in his office. Anup was apprehended by the Kundapura Rural police in Goa following a complaint filed by Ajendra’s brother.