In the case of ‘custodial death’, a prisoner police officer who was serving sentence in the jail died suddenly. The deceased prisoner has been identified as Yashwant Mokaji Karade
According to the police, Yashwant Karade was an assistant police inspector in 1994 when he arrested the accused in a crime. In that crime, the accused was severely beaten while in police custody and later succumbed to his injuries. A case of ‘custodial death’ was registered against 7 people including the Police Inspector Karade.
In 2018, the Supreme Court sentenced 7 police officers to 7 years jail. Yashwant Karade has been serving a sentence in Central Jail since 2018. On June 17, his health suddenly deteriorated. He was undergoing treatment at Mayo hospital. He died on June 24 during treatment. The Dhantoli police registered an accidental death.