Overview
- Prison staff discovered Gurjar dead in his barrack during an afternoon inspection on Monday and Ajmer police immediately registered a murder case.
- Authorities named fellow inmate Vishnu as the prime accused after he allegedly confessed to strangling Gurjar with a towel and investigators seized the cloth as evidence.
- A six-member medical board’s preliminary autopsy found a fractured hyoid bone, internal neck hemorrhage and death by asphyxia, findings that corroborate strangulation.
- Forensic teams from the FSL and mobile units secured the scene and collected fingerprints and other material but investigators reported the cell CCTV was non-functional, raising questions about surveillance and staff oversight.
- Gurjar’s family staged a sit-in demanding a CBI probe before ending the protest after written assurances from officials, and political leaders have pressed for a high-level inquiry into prison security and administrative accountability.