Cuttack: The Odisha government on Monday told the High Court that the death of K Ramesh on November 19 last year was not due to custodial torture.
The government said this in an affidavit submitted to the court by Advocate General Ashok Parija.
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Along with the affidavit, the Advocate General also submitted the post-mortem report of the deceased.
Not satisfied with the reply, the court directed the government to submit a detailed status report on the case by the next hearing on January 22.
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