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An Indian fisherman died of an electric shock in a jail in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Monday prompting a leading human rights activist to demand an inquiry into his death.Fisherman Bhagwan Das, who was being held in Landhi Jail in Karachi, died of an electric shock he suffered while switching on a washing machine, officials said. Das had gone along with other prisoners to a section of the jail to wash clothes on Monday morning when he suffered the electric shock, TV news channels reported.Rights activist and former human rights minister Ansar Burney said he had asked authorities to conduct a probe as Das had died under "mysterious circumstances".  » Original News