Man commits suicide in police custody

A man, who was summoned to a police station in Dhanbad district for questioning in connection with a case or robbery, today allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside its premises, a senior police official said.
Badal Chandra Dey, a resident of Durgapur of West Bengal, committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling in the toilet of the police station in Nirsa block, Superintendent of Police Anup T Mathew told reporters here.
Dey was working as a driver with a steel company and was brought to the police station on July 3 for questioning in connection with the loot of Rs 24.5 lakh, Mathew said.

The money belonged to the company and he was ferrying it when the loot took place, he said.
He was brought for questioning after mobile phone call details had allegedly found the victim's collusion with the robbers, the SP added.