Panaji, March 23 (IANS) Briton Ajay Kaushal, fleeing a 15-year sentence for assault and kidnapping in Britain, died mysteriously while being ferried from a jail here Monday night, an official said Tuesday.

Kaushal, who was on the most wanted list of the Lancashire constabulary, was lodged in Sada jail in Vasco, 35 km from Panaji.

He was arrested Oct 28 last year at a coastal resort in south Goa.

Jail Superintendent R. Satardekar told IANS that Kaushal died while being ferried to a local health facility after he was found in an unconscious state in his cell Monday night.

"We have sent the body for post-mortem. We do not know the exact cause of death. But he had a history of diabetes," Satardekar said.

Kaushal was on the run after a Preston crown court in Lancashire, Britain, sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment for kidnapping a British businessman at Burnley.

He was being held by Goan authorities who were waiting for their British counterparts to take his custody.

Kaushal had twice attacked media photographers while being ferried to a trial court in Goa.