BHUBANESWAR: Managing director of Ponzi firm Green Ray International Limited (GRIL) Mir Sahiruddin died of suspected cardiac arrest at Special Jail in Jharpada area here in the wee hours of Sunday. He was 47 and was lodged in ward number – 10.
Special Jail officers told The New Indian Express that Sahiruddin collapsed inside the toilet after 4.30 am and he was rushed to Capital Hospital at about 5 am where the doctors declared him brought dead. He was lodged in jail in February 2017.
“Sahiruddin was not having any health issues but he possibly collapsed after suffering a sudden heart attack,” said a jail officer. He was facing trial in seven chit fund cases registered against him in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Hyderabad.
“Police had visited the spot to investigate the matter and more details will emerge after receiving his postmortem report. Further investigation into the matter is continuing,” said an officer of Laxmisagar police station.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arrested Sahiruddin on February 3, 2017 after he managed to evade arrest for nearly three years. A native of Balasore district, Sahiruddin was hiding with his family in Nigeria. He had entered India on a Bangladesh passport by impersonating as one Ahmed Hussain and he was arrested from Kolkata.
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