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The alleged custodial decease of a 24-year-old younker triggered unit successful Bihar’s Katihar territory connected Saturday (April 4, 2026), nether the Falka Police presumption area.
The aggravated mob chased the constabulary unit and bushed them up connected the road. They besides snatched their arms, blocked the roadworthy and vandalised the constabulary station. Later, the police, successful a statement, said that they had safely recovered the weapons.
The police, however, claimed that the younker tried to extremity his beingness by hanging himself successful the lock-up and aboriginal died during transit erstwhile helium was being shifted to the hospital.
Katihar Superintendent of Police (SP) Shikhar Chaudhary has suspended the Station House Officer (SHO) of Falka Police Station, Ravi Kumar Rai, arsenic good arsenic the Investigating Officer (IO) Kundan Patel. He has besides initiated disciplinary enactment against them.
According to Katihar Police, a raid was conducted connected Friday nighttime (April 3, 2026) by the Falka Police Station and Rakesh Kumar Yadav, a nonmigratory of Gopalpatti, was arrested successful transportation with a motorcycle theft lawsuit No. 36/26 (dated February 22, 2026) registered nether Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). He was subsequently detained successful the constabulary station.
“While successful custody, the accused attempted to extremity his beingness by hanging himself. Following this, the Falka Police instantly took him to the Primary Health Centre (PHC), Falka, for aesculapian attention. From there, doctors referred him to the Sadar Hospital, Katihar, for precocious treatment; however, helium passed distant during transit,” Katihar constabulary said successful the statement.
However, Paritosh Yadav, the victim’s elder brother, said that Mr. Yadav was arrested connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) night; the aforesaid day, the complainant whose motorcycle was stolen was besides contiguous but helium failed to place Mr. Yadav has the thief.
“Despite the idiosyncratic whose motorcycle was stolen failing to place [Mr. Yadav], the constabulary did not merchandise him and kept him successful the lock-up. The constabulary mercilessly bushed him successful beforehand of us. The adjacent day, connected April 3, his wellness deteriorated. He died successful constabulary custody [under] harsh torture,“ helium said.
Sister-in-law of the deceased, Komal Yadav, said that the constabulary serviceman did not let them to conscionable him astatine the station. She besides claimed that she saw a constabulary serviceman strangling her Jija, putting unit connected him to judge the crime, which helium ne'er did.
Meanwhile, the decease toll successful the suspected hooch calamity successful Motihari successful Bihar’s East Champaran territory roseate to 7 connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) arsenic 2 much radical died, arsenic per the police.
Following the emergence successful the decease toll, the territory constabulary conducted an consciousness run among the villagers done a nationalist code system, appealing to them to sojourn the Sadar Hospital for a check-up if they had consumed intoxicant betwixt April 1 and April 3.
