
Raipur: A murder suspect arrested on Monday, died at
hospital under mysterious circumstances in Surajpur district late on Tuesday, triggering
a rage among family members who are making serious allegations of custodial
death.
Latori police station in-charge along with 9 police
personnel of the station has been line attached in the death case of JE posted
in electricity department Poonam Singh Katalam.
A youth named Harishchandra Rajwade died on Sunday night
after the drunkards got into a brawl after the liquor party at Karwan substation under
Latori police station area. The body of the deceased was found lying outside
the substation. Four people including JE Poonam Katalam were identified as the murderers
after police interrogation.
One of the accused, Poonam Katalam, was rushed to
the hospital around 4 pm where he died. Police claimed that accused Poonam
Katalam was not brought to the police station and his condition was getting deteriorated
during the interrogation only.
However, the family members who arrived to collect
the body had denied the police claim. The deceased's brother told the media
persons that he was beaten up badly in the police custody. Besides, the post
mortem report of the deceased states the cause of death as “cardiac arrest”.
Police station in-charge Sunil Singh, principal
constables Guddu Kushwaha and Manoj Porte along with constables Sunil Ekka,
Shobhanath Kushwaha, Vikas Mishra, Devdutt Dubey, Chandrasay Rajwade, and Maneshwar
Singh has been line attached in the case.