LARKANA, May 15: An under trial prisoner facing charges of a murder died in the jail ward of Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Tuesday.

He was brought to the hospital after he suffered serious injury to the head in a clash with another prisoner at the central prison late on Monday night.

Jail Superintendent Abubakar Shaikh confirmed the death of Arbab Mughiri, 29, and said that the jailor Nisar Memon had field a case to this effect at the Waleed police station against another prisoner, Hafeez Kalhoro.

The prisoners lodged in Barrack-7 of the jail exchanged hot words over some petty issue and then Hafeez Kalhoro hit Arbab with a piece of brick in the head.

The injured prisoner was provided first aid and later moved to CMCH for further treatment but on Tuesday night he breathed his last, the jail superintendent said. Both the prisoners belonged to Larkana.

Late Arbab was facing charges for the murder of Rasheed Chandio who was killed in the jurisdiction of Waleed police station a few years ago while Hafeez Kalhoro was also facing murder charges in the jail, sources said.