Delhi: Prisoner found dead in suspicious circumstances

Delhi | Thursday | 22nd February, 2018

Summary:

New Delhi: A prisoner was found dead in suspicious circumstances behind Delhi’s Naraina police station. The Station House Officer (SHO) of Naraina Police Station said, “Prisoner Dalbir Singh was produced in a court and then taken to the police station. We were searching for him when we received a call from the police at 9:30 p.m.

that a case under section 420 has been registered against him,” Vijay Singh, son of deceased prisoner Dalbir Singh told ANI. He was rushed to hospital but was declared brought dead.”The Delhi Court had sent Dalbir for one-day police remand in case of cheating. However, the police have clarified that the deceased prisoner, who has been identified as Dalbir Singh, tried to flee from the police custody and died after jumping from the second floor of the police station..