Hyderabad: A 29-year-old man who was detained by Begumpet police for harassing a minor girl, collapsed and died a few hours after his release.
P. Ramu alias Mohan Krishna, an autorickshaw driver, was rushed to KIMS, where doctors declared him dead. While his parents alleged that police torture killed him, police said that Ramu had diabetes and had not had food since three days.
Police said Ramu was detained only for 45 minutes and they had let him go as the complainant, his relative, had requested them not to book a case.
Forensic doctors said that there were no injuries on Ramu's body. Doctors said the cause can be confirmed only after the autopsy report comes out.
Ramu’s mother Renuka alleged that her son was beaten up by the police and that he was feeling dizzy when he came out of the police station. She and some others took him to a hospital in Begumpet, where doctors gave him medicines. After he reached home he lost consciousness. She claimed that Ramu was healthy. Police said Ramu was called to the police station due to a complaint by a close relative, who alleged that Ramu had been harassing his 16-year-old daughter. “Though Ramu was married and had a child, he had been telling the girl that he wanted to marry her. He also misbehaved with her several times. Elders warned Ramu but he did not stop. Then the girl’s father approached us,” said DCP B. Sumathi.
She added that police called Ramu to the police station and a petty case was booked. “The girl’s father did not want us to book a criminal case against him as they were relatives. So we registered a petty case and let him go,” said the DCP. Police said Ramu had not been eating as he his relatives had turned against him for harassing the girl. An endocrinologist said that if a chronic diabetes patient does not take food and medicine for three days he can die.
