Two cops suspended over custody death of youth

The commissionerate police also announced magisterial inquiry into the death of the youth, who died due to alleged police torture here.

"Two ASIs - Banamali Das and Giridhari Patnaik - have been placed under suspension on charge of dereliction in duty," DCP Nitinjit Singh told reporters.

Kuldeep Mahapatra, hours after his arrest on charges of impersonating as a police officer in Saheed Nagar area, died under mysterious circumstances. His family alleged that he was brutally beaten up in police custody.