The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Maharashtra Police is investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who died while in the custody of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai, an official said.
He was restrained. Some time later, he was allowed to use the restroom. When he failed to respond after seven to eight minutes, officers opened the door and found him lying unconscious. Mr While the CSMT Government Railway Police (GRP) registered a case of unnatural death. Shaikh’s family members alleged that he was assaulted while in custody. The exact cause of death will be determined once the autopsy report and CCTV footage are analysed, the official added.
Imran Shaikh, the deceased, had come to the city from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh in search of employment, a police official said. His photograph has been sent to the Bhusawal division, and the local police have been asked to trace his movements before he arrived at CSMT, the police official said. As his death occurred in police custody, the investigation was transferred to the CID (Konkan Range), he said.
