A teenager, who was admitted in a child protection home, Sarkanda, reportedly committed suicide on Saturday morning, police said.
With several cases of custodial deaths being reported from different parts of the state, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP) DM Awasthi issued an 11-point order to be strictly followed by cops in the state while locking up any person for the night.
“The victim was 16 years and 7 months old. The delinquent teenager was brought in the protection home for the fifth time. This time he was admitted on theft charges,” Superintendent of Police Bilaspur, Prashant Agrawal said.
Meanwhile, according to Sarkanda police the deceased was resident of Sarkanda locality.
To the query about any injury marks found on the body of the deceased the Station House Officer (SHO) Sarkanda denied of any such marks. He informed that the body was found hanging from a room adjacent to toilet in the morning hours.
A case has been registered in this regards and police are investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, the DGP in the letter issued by him stated that any accused should not be unnecessarily kept in the police station overnight and should be arrested in the day hours and must be presented in the court on the same day.
Physical and mental health check-up of the arrested persons should be done after the arrest. The toilet and lock up room should be safe and food should be offered timely to the detained persons and the same should be recorded in the daily dairy, the DGP instructed in the letter.