Summary:
The Opposition CPI-M and Congress have demanded a judicial probe into the alleged custodial torture and death of a 38-year-old man at West Agartala police station in west Tripura. Sushanta Ghosh, a resident of Lankamura in West Tripura, who was arrested by cyber crime branch of Tripura police on Saturday in connection with ATM hacking case in Agartala, died in police custody on Sunday morning. The family members of the deceased alleged that Ghosh died due to custodial torture in West Agartala police station. The Tripura Congress has demanded compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the victim. The CPI-M activists on Monday night staged a protest in Agartala seeking action against the guilty police officials..