Pune: The CID has filed a chargesheet against five people for the custodial death of police sub-inspector Pratap Kakade. Kakade was one of the accused in the stamp paper scam.
Kakade died in February 2005 under mysterious circumstances in Yerawada Central Jail.
Initial reports said Kakade died following a cardiac arrest. He suffered a heart attack in the jail where he was lodged under judicial custody.
The primary postmortem report said that there were injury marks on his neck and chest and had reserved the cause of his death. Kakade's relatives had alleged foul play.
Among those named in the chargesheet is former chief medical officer of Yerawada Jail, Dr Mukhtar Shaik.
The Maharashtra police had handed over the case to the state criminal investigation department.The case had been registered as an accidental death.
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