However, police have denied the charge and said that Kiran Rokade (18) committed suicide using his waist belt on Wednesday afternoon.
Four police constables on duty were suspended in this regard while in-charge inspector of Shirdi police station, Pramod Wagh has been transferred to Control Room, Ahmednagar SP Sourabh Tripathi told reporter last night after visiting the police station.
He said the case is handed over to CID.
Rokade was detained by police after he was allegedly spotted pick-pocketing by some people at gate no. 4 of Saibaba temple here.
They blocked the car of Additional Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Jadhav on Ahmednagar-Manmad Road today.
Rokade's body has been sent to Sasoon Hospital in Pune for postmortem.
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