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Sargodha University Professor dies in Jail under NAB case, handcuffed pictures of dead body stirs social media outrage

Sargodha University Professor dies in Jail under NAB case, handcuffed pictures of dead body stirs social media outrage

LAHORE – The handcuff pictures of the dead body of the Sargodha UniversityProfessor has stirred social media outrage.

The professor of the Sargodha University’s Lahore campus died of heartattack while in a camp jail of the city on Friday.

Professor Mohammad Javed, the Chief Executive Officer of varsity’s campusin Punjab’s capital, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau(NAB) over the allegations of setting up the fake campus. An accountabilitycourt had sent him on judicial remand in the case and had been detained inthe camp jail.

In pictures, circulating on social media, handcuff can be seen on theprofessor’s body despite his death.

The images have invited the public wrath on social media where users havelambasted the authorities and termed the pictures tantamount to disrespectof a dead body.