Dalit man dies in police custody after being detained

A 35-year-old Dalit man detained for allegedly teasing a girl, died under mysterious circumstances in police custody early morning here today.
Police sources said that Vinay Gharu, a daily wage staffer of the municipal corporation, committed suicide in the Moghat police station lock up. However, family members of the deceased allege that he was beaten to death by the police.
Vinay, a resident of Gandhi Nagar, was arrested last night after a woman, a resident of the Sindhi colony complained that he had teased her, Additional Superintendent of Police Gopal Khandel said.
Vinay hanged himself in the police lock up, he said, adding that a probe has been ordered into the incident.

However, Vinay's brother Kewal alleged that the police had beaten him to death, and after he died, his body was sent to a hospital and his family was not even informed about it.
"Around 2.30 AM, we got the information from a member of our community working in the hospital that some policemen had dumped him there," he said.

Initially, policemen in the hospital told Kewal that his brother Vinay had died in an "accident".
"Later we were told that he hanged himself. His body bears injuries on the face since he was killed," Kewal said and demanded that the guilty policemen should be punished.

Kandel said that three doctors would carry out the post- mortem.
Meanwhile, heavy police force has been deployed at the morgue of the district hospital where Vinay's body has been kept since family members and people hailing from his locality have gathered there.