KARACHI, July 30: At least 40, prisoners including 32 under-trial prisoners (UTP) and 8 convicts, have died in Sindh jails during the last seven months. The number of such deaths last year was 42, official sources say.

The actual cause of deaths of prisoners in 17 jails of the province, where over 18,000 prisoners are lodged, has never been made public. In certain cases inquiries are instituted but in most of the cases heirs of the dead take away the bodies quietly.

Following are the names of prisoners who died in different jails from January to July.

UTP: Mohammad Iqbal, District Jail, Dadu; Manthar, District Jail, Malir; Gulraiz Khan, District Jail, Malir; Akhtar Mohammad Central Jail-1, Sukkur; Mohammad Saeed, Central Jail, Karachi; Bux Ali, Special Prison Nara, Hyderabad; Ahmed, Special Prison Nara, Hyderabad; Mohammad Imran, District Jail, Malir; Waliuallah, Central Jail, Karachi; Abdullah, District Jail, Jacobabad; Mohammad Aslam, Central Jail, Karachi; Mir Hassan, District Jail, Jacobabad; Ahmed Ali, Central Jail Hyderabad; Maula Bux, Central Jail-1, Sukkur; Syed Ahmed, Central Jail, Karachi; Sikandar Ali, Central Jail, Karachi; Manzoor Hussain, District Jail, Malir; Guhram, Central Jail, Larkana; Shafiuallah, District Jail, Malir; Jumo, Central Jail, Hyderabad; Saeed Ahmed, Central Jail-2, Sukkur; Khalilur Rahman, Central Jail, Karachi; Maqbool, Central Jail, Hyderabad; Jan Mohammad, Central Jail-2, Sukkur; Miskeen, Central Jail, Karachi; Sobdar, Central Jail, Hyderabad; Mohammad Asif, Central Jail, Karachi; Deedar Ali, Central Jail, Karachi; Atta Mohammad, Central Jail, Hyderabad; Rab Dino, Central Jail, Hyderabad; Fakir Mohammad, District Jail, Malir; and Ghulam Mohammad, Central Jail, Larkana.