A history-sheeter died in police custody in Chennai on Sunday, the second such incident in the Tamil Nadu capital in less than two months. A senior police officer said that the investigation of the case would be handed over to the Crime Branch-CID.
However, the police claimed that there was no “custodial” excess on their part.
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According to sources, a special team from Kodungaiyur police station in north Chennai picked up S Rajashekhar alias Appu (33), a resident of Mundhiri Thoppu near Almathy in neighboring Tiruvallur district, to investigate a crime. jurisdiction. Police claimed that Rajasekhara, who had faced 27 criminal cases including house-breaking, dacoity, theft and attempt to murder, had a history sheet opened in his name at Sholavaram police station, and that he was one of the accused in the Kodungaiyur case. was suspicious.
Police claimed that Rajasekhar has confessed to his role in the latest crime and was also questioned to recover the stolen properties.
According to the police, he had told everything and after complaining of restlessness, he was kept in the police post and fainted. “Our personnel immediately took him to a nearby private hospital where he was given medicines and injected after which he recovered. Thereafter, he was brought back to the post, but again developed health complications, and was taken to Government Stanley Hospital, where he was declared ‘brought dead’,” said a police officer.
“Our preliminary investigation has revealed that there was no excess on the part of the police personnel handling him. There was no injury on the body of the deceased,” the officer said.
City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal ordered an inquiry and a case was registered under section 176 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Since the suspect died in police custody, there will be a magisterial inquiry.
In April, 25-year-old V. Vignesh, who was detained for possessing drugs, died after he was allegedly thrashed by police personnel at the Secretariat Colony police station. CB-CID is investigating the matter.