Puri: An undertrial prisoner (UTP) died while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack today.

Jogendra Das, who was arrested on November 14 by Astarang police, fell sick at Nimapara Sub-Jail on November 15. He was immediately rushed to the Nimapara hospital and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack after his condition deteriorated.

Today, he died while undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, the villagers of Malada, the native place of Jogendra alleged that police arrested him by implicating him in a false case.