A 46-year-old undertrial lodged in Kota central jail in a case of fraud and cheating died today in a hospital during treatment, police said.
Rajendra Sharma, a resident of Mansarovar colony in Bundi, was undergoing treatment for liver-related ailment since May 29, Yogesh Kumar Teji, deputy jailor at Kota Central Jail, said.
Sharma was lodged in the jail on April 29 and booked under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120 (B) (punishment for criminal conspiracy), Teji said.
He was admitted to the hospital after he complained of sickness, Teji said, adding, Additional chief judicial magistrate of Kota would conduct a probe into the matter.
