CHENNAI:A 45-year-old executive worker, detained for assaulting his neighbour, died in custody of the Chunambedu police in Kancheepuram early on Wednesday, prompting charges of over the top police pressure and “bias” by way of his spouse and kinfolk.
Officers within the police station maintained that Sitrarasu, an a junior assistantin the training department and a resident of Chunambedu, around 115km south of Chennai, hanged himself together with his lingerie in a washroom during a fourhour blackoutin thelocality.
They mentioned policemen found the body handiest at 4.30am, after the electricity board restored energy provide.
“Policemen on evening accountability foundthebody suspended from the door bolt of the station washroom,” a police officer mentioned. “Sitrarasu mounted his lingerie around his neck and hooked up it to the bolt.”
Man hanged himself during energy cut at station, say police
Sitrarasu seems to have buckled his knees, allowing his weight to snap his neck, he mentioned.
But Sitrarasu’s spouse, Vennila, mentioned in a complaint that policemen within the station had crushed her husband to demise and then staged a suicide.
Vennila’s uncle, Prashanth, mentioned Sitrarasu had gone to the station of his own accord to cooperate with the investigation on Tuesday night time after he attacked his neighbour, Jagan.
“The policemen have been biased towards Sitrarasu,” Prashanth mentioned. “They refused to check in case towards Jagan,” he added, stating that Jagan had attacked Sitrarasu first. The officer denied the charges, pronouncing surveillance camera footage of the station revealed the sequence of events main as much as Sitrarasu’s demise. “The Chunambedu police registered a case below CrPC Section 176 (custodial demise) and, following procedure, forwarded it for an inquiry by way of a Justice of the Peace,” he mentioned. “We will take motion according to the Justice of the Peace’s final document.”
A initial probe indicated that Sitrarasu, who worked with the assistant training officer (AEO) in Achirupakkam close to Maduranthakam, attacked his neighbour Jagan, the officer mentioned.
“Injured within the scuffle himself, Sitrarasu used to be treated as outpatient at a government health facility. When we wondered Sitrarasu, he mentioned Jagan held an previous grudge towards him and used to be seeking to get him sacked from the training department.”
The officer admitted that policemen on the station did not let Sitrarasu go home at evening as a result of he appeared to be in a disturbed state of mind, the use of abusive and perilous language whilst speaking about his neighbour.
“The electricity board cut energy provide to the locality after middle of the night on Tuesday as a precautionary measure, after gusts of wind threatened to snap electricity cables,” the officer quoted policemen on the station on evening accountability as pronouncing. “When the lighting fixtures went out, Sitrarasu went to the washroom and hanged himself.” The policemen knowledgeable the Chunambedu inspector Sivakumar and Kancheepuram district superintendent of police Santhosh Hadimani concerning the demise.
Officers within the police station maintained that Sitrarasu, an a junior assistantin the training department and a resident of Chunambedu, around 115km south of Chennai, hanged himself together with his lingerie in a washroom during a fourhour blackoutin thelocality.
They mentioned policemen found the body handiest at 4.30am, after the electricity board restored energy provide.
“Policemen on evening accountability foundthebody suspended from the door bolt of the station washroom,” a police officer mentioned. “Sitrarasu mounted his lingerie around his neck and hooked up it to the bolt.”
Man hanged himself during energy cut at station, say police
Sitrarasu seems to have buckled his knees, allowing his weight to snap his neck, he mentioned.
But Sitrarasu’s spouse, Vennila, mentioned in a complaint that policemen within the station had crushed her husband to demise and then staged a suicide.
Vennila’s uncle, Prashanth, mentioned Sitrarasu had gone to the station of his own accord to cooperate with the investigation on Tuesday night time after he attacked his neighbour, Jagan.
“The policemen have been biased towards Sitrarasu,” Prashanth mentioned. “They refused to check in case towards Jagan,” he added, stating that Jagan had attacked Sitrarasu first. The officer denied the charges, pronouncing surveillance camera footage of the station revealed the sequence of events main as much as Sitrarasu’s demise. “The Chunambedu police registered a case below CrPC Section 176 (custodial demise) and, following procedure, forwarded it for an inquiry by way of a Justice of the Peace,” he mentioned. “We will take motion according to the Justice of the Peace’s final document.”
A initial probe indicated that Sitrarasu, who worked with the assistant training officer (AEO) in Achirupakkam close to Maduranthakam, attacked his neighbour Jagan, the officer mentioned.
“Injured within the scuffle himself, Sitrarasu used to be treated as outpatient at a government health facility. When we wondered Sitrarasu, he mentioned Jagan held an previous grudge towards him and used to be seeking to get him sacked from the training department.”
The officer admitted that policemen on the station did not let Sitrarasu go home at evening as a result of he appeared to be in a disturbed state of mind, the use of abusive and perilous language whilst speaking about his neighbour.
“The electricity board cut energy provide to the locality after middle of the night on Tuesday as a precautionary measure, after gusts of wind threatened to snap electricity cables,” the officer quoted policemen on the station on evening accountability as pronouncing. “When the lighting fixtures went out, Sitrarasu went to the washroom and hanged himself.” The policemen knowledgeable the Chunambedu inspector Sivakumar and Kancheepuram district superintendent of police Santhosh Hadimani concerning the demise.
In custody, 'man hangs himself with underwear'
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