Jaipur: Man in custody slips from terrace of police station, dies

JAIPUR: A man, who had slipped from the terrace of Bhatta Basti police station on December 11 in an attempt to escape from police custody, died on Thursday while undergoing treatment.
Soon after his death, senior police officers of Jaipur police commissionerate inquired into it and ordered a judicial probe. Aarif Sheikh, a resident of Jhotwara, was handed over to police by locals while he was allegedly caught snatching a mobile phone of a girl on December 9.
While police was on the course of making papers of arrest of the accused Sheikh, he asked for water. “We have made him to sit inside the head constable’s room when he asked to have water. When he was allowed, he took the stairs inside the police station to reach the terrace. In order to escape, he grabbed the water pipe that is attached with the water tank. While he was attempting to come down while holding the pipe, he slipped. We rushed him to SMS Hospital and he was undergoing treatment at poly trauma ward. He succumbed to injuries on Thursday,” said a senior police officer.
“A judicial probe has been ordered into the incident and whoever is responsible won’t be spared. Prima facie it was found that he slipped from the terrace of the police station in an attempt to escape,” said Ajay Pal Lamba, additional commissioner of police (crime).
In custodial deaths, there is also a provision of action against police officials to ensure they may not influence the probe.