BANGALORE, Jul 12 (TNN): Even as the shockwaves of the Hanumanthnagar and Fraser Town custodial deaths a couple of months ago still linger, there was another
lock-up death in R T Nagar police station on early Saturday morning.
Manjunath, a 26-year-old auto driver from Bhuvaneshwarinagar, died under mysterious circumstances. On Friday night, Manjunath and his brother Bhuvanesh fought with Deepak, a private company employee, over Rs 10,000 lent to him. Deepak complained to the police who picked up the brother duo.
Around 3.30 am, Manjunath complained of chest pain. The police claimed he died on way to hospital around 4.30 am. But family members said the police beat him to death. Police commissioner Shankar Bidari said it would be considered a lock-up death and the CoD would probe the case. PSI Siddalingaiah and ASI Nagaraj have been suspended.