Pushpa Rani Tirkey has demanded a CBI enquiry into her husband Harpal Singh Thapper's custodial death even as the East Singhbhum deputy commissioner ordered for a magisterial enquiry into the death which is shrouded with mystery.

The 46-year-old Harpal Singh Thapper died of a cardiac arrest, but injury marks on his body mentioned in the inquest report led the deputy commissioner to order for a magisterial enquiry.

Thapper, Pushpa Rani and two others were arrested in June for alleged molestation and forced labour case registered with the Telco thana following a complaint lodged by two minor girls who stayed at the shelter home, the couple would run.

On Saturday, Thapper fell seriously ill at the central jail and later died at the MGM medical college hospital. The doctors who had attended Thapper at the hospital mentioned it to have been caused by cardiac arrest.

The post mortem was done by a medical board under video surveillance in presence of executive magistrate Chandra Deo Prasad. The autopsy report will be prepared by Tuesday.

"Following the order by the deputy commissioner for a magisterial enquiry, I will visit the Ghaghidih Central Jail after the autopsy report is obtained. I will talk to the fellow inmates of the ward where Thapper was lodged, "said Prasad to The Telegraph Online.

Thapper's body was on Sunday cremated at the Subernarekha crematorium in Bhuiyandih. The deceased's wife Pushpa Rani Tirkey who was on a six hours parole from the central jail attended his last rites.

Pushpa Rani has demanded for a CBI enquiry into the circumstances leading to her husband's death.

"My husband had never taken pills for blood pressure as he was a healthy person. How can he die of a heart attack. Moreover, I had met him on Monday during a hearing through video conferencing for our bail from the court. He was absolutely alright then, but how did wounds develop in his legs in just five days," said Pushpa Rani, who is chairperson of Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Jamshedpur and head of the Mother Teresa Welfare Trust.

The CWC chairperson said she wants a CBI enquiry into her husband's custodial death as he seemed to have died due to foul play meted out to him in the jail.

Former Jamshedpur MP and Congress leader Ajoy Kumar and several leaders from the Sikh community have also demanded a high-level enquiry into the custodial death of Thapper.