POCSO accused found dead in Mangaluru prison

A 43-year-old man, Prakash Gopal Moolya, died in Mangaluru District Prison on March 16. He was arrested on March 11 for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl under the POCSO Act. Prison staff found Moolya hanging in his cell during a routine inspection at around 5 a.m. He was taken to a hospital but was declared dead. The police have registered a case of unnatural death.