16-yr-old UP boy held on charge of abduction dies in police custody; probe ordered           

A 16-year-old boy held for allegedly abducting a girl died in police custody, police said on Monday.

The boy had reportedly fled with a girl from Bijnor after which her family lodged a complaint of abduction at Suohara police station on Sunday, a local said.

Bijnor Superintendent of Police Abhishek said a police team traced the couple to Ambala on Sunday night.

On the way to Bijnor, Sub-inspector Sunil Kumar kept them illegally at his house in Shamli, where the boy died, he said.

Police were investigating the death and boy's body had been sent for post-mortem in Shamli, Circle Officer Shyam Singh told PTI.

Though nothing is conclusive yet, police suspect the boy killed himself.