Overview
- Ganesh Kashinath Pawar, 55, collapsed from a reported heart attack inside Beed district jail on Saturday morning and was declared dead at the district hospital.
- He had been arrested in a cheque bounce case and was sent to judicial custody six days earlier after missing a court hearing.
- Jail superintendent Rajaram Chandne said the death was from natural causes and that staff moved him to the hospital without delay.
- Authorities have opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the death and to assess what happened inside the facility.
- Current reports rely on statements from jail officials carried by PTI and outlets including ThePrint, News18, and Rediff, with no independent corroboration shared yet.