ADC to hold probe, Board conducts post-mortem

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 16: A youth,

arrested in connection with a

series of theft cases, died in

police custody at

Janipura police station

last night under mysterious

circumstances as his

body didn’t have any

marks of external

injuries.

His post-mortem was

conducted by a Board of

Doctors on the direction of

the Deputy Commissioner

Jammu on request of

police. SHO Janipura Sub

Inspector Jaipal Sharma

has been attached to

District Police Lines

(DPL) while a magisterial

inquiry has been ordered

into the death.

People in native village

of the youth at Bajwal

in Raipur Satwari held a

massive demonstration to

protest the killing after

which the authorities

announced recruitment of

the victim’s wife as a Special

Police Officer (SPO).

The 30-year-old youth identified

as Vijay Kumar son of

Milkhi Ram, a resident of

Raipur Satwari was arrested by a

team of Janipura police station

from Katra last night. Police said

he was wanted in several thefts

and was also facing trial in some

of the cases.

Police claimed that as soon

as they caught the thief, he consumed

a number of intoxicant

capsules some of which were

snatched by the cops.

Still, he managed to take

nearly a dozen capsules.

He was, however, shifted

to police lock-up and

lodged there. He was

given food in the lock-up.

At about 1.30 am, he

complained of pain in the

stomach and turned

unconscious. He was

rushed to the Government

Medical College (GMC)

hospital where he was

declared as brought dead.

In the morning, police

authorities approached

Deputy Commissioner,

Jammu Sanjeev Verma

for setting up a Board of

Doctors to conduct postmortem

of the deceased

and hold a magisterial

inquiry into the death.

The Board comprising

Dr Subash Bhardwaj