ALAPPUZHA: UDF workers blocked traffic through NH-47 at the Alappuzha Medical College Hospital junction on Tuesday from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. `in protest against the failure of the jail authorities to announce action against those officials of the Mavelikara sub-jail responsible for the death of Prasannan of Kalikkal Vadakkathil house, Nooranad, an accused in an illicit liquor case there on Monday. They were also protesting against the refusal of top jail officials to visit Alappuzha MCH where the body of Mr. Prasannan was kept after postmortem examination.

The UDF workers led by K. K. Shaju, MLA, KPCC secretaries Johnson Abraham and Mannar Abdul Latheef demanded that the Jail DGP announce disciplinary action. Later at a discussion with the UDF leaders at the Alappuzha district superintendent of police office, the jail DGP M.G.A. Raman assured them that the superintendent of Mavelikkara sub-jail, the head warden and the warden there would be transferred. The UDF leaders withdrew the road block following the assurance. But they said the agitation would continue till the officials responsible for the death of Mr. Prasannan were suspended. Meanwhile, the relatives of Prasannan refused to take the body from Alappuzha MCH where it was kept after the postmortem examination demanding that the Government announce compensation for the family of the deceased. Later, the UDF leaders persuaded them to accept the body. Earlier, the Jail DIG Gopakumar visited the sub-jail on Tuesday morning and took statements from jail officials, relatives of Prasannan.

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