Man dies in police station mysteriously
Dalit organizations stage protest
Mandya, July 13: A labourer who was brought to East police station of the city for interrogation four days ago died mysteriously in the police station on Friday.
Dalit labourer Murthy (45) of Beltur village in Maddur taluk was arrested on Monday and brought to the police station for interrogation. But on Friday, he died in the police station suspiciously. Police said that Murthy committed suicide by hanging himself. However, dalit organizations and his relatives have alleged that Murthy died because of the torture of the police.
Murthy was working as mason and the police arrested him on charges of bike theft and kept him in the police station.
DSS leaders Guruprasad Keragodu, MB Srinivas, Venkatagiri Iah, MV Krishna, SD Jayaram and others rushed to the police station and expressed their anger. They asked the police as to why they have kept the person in the police station for four days. They alleged that the police have deliberately not produced him before the court. He was killed by the police, they alleged.
Judge visits station
Following the death of Murthy, principal district and sessions court judge Jyothi visited the police station and got information. Later, the body was sent to district hospital for postmortem.
DSS leaders and his relatives who staged a protest in front of the mortuary, demanded suspension of the police officers of the station and demanded suitable compensation to the family members of the deceased. They also demanded autopsy in front of the district judge.
Puttaramanna, relative of Murthy, said that Murthy was working as mason. He had three girl children. He was not involved in any theft case. “I have been visiting the police station for the last three days. But the police were telling that they have not arrested Murthy. But today, the police said that he committed suicide at the police station. Murthy died because of the torture of the police”, he said.
“Last Monday, the police have brought three of us including Murthy to the police station. During interrogation, they were beating us. Later, I was produced before the court and I have got the bail. But I don’t know anything about the death of Murthy”, said Nagaraj of Antarahalli, who was also arrested along with Murthy.
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J&K polls: Amit Shah arrives in Jammu ahead of Saturday's hectic campaigning
Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.
Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.
Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.
He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.
