Friday, July 9, 2021

Roopan Karnagaran's death in custody

 


Name
 Age
 Date 
 Circumstance of death
Roopan Karnagaran
25
21 June 2021
Arrested over involvement in a triple-murder at his neighbour’s house in Dengkil in 2013, when he was 17. Based on post-mortem results,  Roopan had died of blood clotting in the leg. Roopan’s uncle K Sevakumar said the hospital had informed the family that he had tested negative for Covid-19 and would be treated with antibiotics for five days at a non-Covid-19 ward. He said they also received information from inside the prison that Roopan had been complaining of breathing problems a week before finally getting admitted.