Inquiry concludes five cops responsible for accused’s custodial death

The police claimed he snatched the gun of one of the police personnel in the police van, opened fire, and was killed in retaliatory firing. Under the law, a magistrate inquiry is initiated in cases where an accused dies in police custody.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale perused the report.The bench said the magistrate had concluded that five police personnel present in the van were responsible for the accused’s death.The bench noted that as per law, an first information report (FIR) shall now be registered against the five policemen, and an investigation shall be carried out.The court asked public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar to inform the bench in two weeks on which probe agency would investigate the case.



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