West Bengal: A protest has erupted in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal after a daily wager died in police custody. Following the death of the daily wager, a protest was triggered by the locals, officials said on Saturday. To disperse the agitators, the police had to fire tear gas shells.
According to reports, earlier on Wednesday, the labourer was taken into custody in connection with a theft at a policeman's house. The father of the deceased alleged that his son was beaten to death in custody on Friday evening. Later the police denied the charge.
"My son was innocent. He was picked up by the police on Wednesday, and they killed him in custody,” he claimed. "the accused was neither beaten up nor was he in lock-up" said a police officer at the Nabargram Police Station.
"He was being questioned at a spot behind the police station, where we found him dead around 8 pm on Friday," the officer said. Following this, a case of unnatural death has been registered by the police, and an investigation is underway.
“The body of the deceased will be sent for post-mortem examination. We will also check CCTV footage for more details,” he added.
