Kumbha Roderick, 26, was unconscious when he was taken to the prison hospital in the city of Mathura on Wednesday morning and died 35 minutes later, says the facility's chief medical officer.

It is not clear what caused his death. Officials told the Times of India that an autopsy will be undertaken. Roderick had reportedly felt uneasy the day before, then vomited.

He had been in the prison for less than a year after his arrest for forging documents, as well as for the "forgery of valuable security" and "forgery for purpose of cheating".