Tension in Telangana’s Nizamabad after man dies of police torture in custody
Hyderabad: Death of a man in police custody triggered tension in Telangana’s Nizamabad town following the allegation by the victim’s family that he died of police torture.
According to Kashmir Media Service, as the death of Sampath Kumar died in the custody of Cybercrime police spread, his relatives and friends gathered near the government hospital and staged a protest by squatting on the road, demanding justice.
Police beefed up the security to prevent any law and order problem. The family members of Sampath Kumar said that he was tortured in police custody which led to his death. They demanded a high-level probe into the incident.
Sampath Kumar, who was working in Srirama International Manpower, was arrested recently along with another person after two persons who went to Gulf countries lodged a complaint of cheating against the manpower agency.
