Allegations of custodial death of a boy, who was arrested by police on charges of mobile theft has come to fore after his naked body was found hanging on a tree with handcuffs inside the premises of a government school in Kaloobathan areas of district.
Besides , the family members the local BJP MLA Aparna Sengupta, district board chairman Robin Gorian, district board member Dill Mohammed besides other have levelled allegation of custodial death of the boy identified as Prakash Gorian son of Prabhash Gorian resident of Upchuria village under Kaloobathan police outpost .
Prakash was arrested on Wednesday night and was kept in police custody. However, on Friday his naked body was found hanging on a tree on the school premises .
Father of victim Prabhash alleged that excessive torture at the hands of the police led to death of his son and now the police are concocting story that his son escaped from the police custody through ventilator. Prabhash said, “Even if he had escaped why was his body naked?”
Nirsa Sub- divisional police officer Bijay Kushwaha, who too had reached the location from where his body was found hanging, said that the matter was under inquiry. Postmortem report would reveal the actual cause of death and if any untoward would be found appropriate action would be taken.
The report from PMCH where the body was sent for autopsy late on Friday evening is likely to reach Kaloobathan on Monday .The autopsy could not be held on Friday due to the late arrival of the body.
Both the Nirsa MLA Aparna Sengupta and district board chairman have supported the victim's father's views and have demanded an impartial investigation of this case , action against involved police personnel and compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the family.