Hundreds of residents on Saturday blocked Katras thana chowk for hours together since morning to protest alleged "killing " of Sumit Turi resident of Lakharbad under Katras police station .
Family members of Sumit alleged that he died due to extensive torture by police that had picked him up six days ago from his residence claiming that he is named in a iron theft case .
The police had kept him in lockup for five days .They had demanded Rs 15,000 from us for the safe release of Sumit but when we failed to pay he was transferred to jail, alleged family members and today morning they informed us that he died in jail.
Katras police station in-charge RB Lal rented claim of family members of Turi and said that he was picked up on November One and was sent to jail then .When his condition deteriorated he was shifted to hospital on Friday where Sumit died. Information of death was given to us today morning by hospital management, claimed Lal.
Baghmara SDPO Nisha Murmu who reached spot assured impartial inquiry into the matter and appropriate action against those found guilty.The people on her assurance withdrew the road blockade in afternoon.
Murmu said , the body since has been sent for postmortem .The actual cause of death would be ascertained only when we receive the autopsy report.