Police torture ‘kills’ Tripura youth, five cops detained

A 26-year-old man who was arrested on the charge of theft at Sabroom in South Tripura district died in his residence because of alleged torture during police custody, an officer said on Thursday.

Five police personnel posted at the Manubazar police station have been detained following complaint of torture by the victim’s family, Sabroom SDPO Nityananda Sarkar said. Angry locals staged demonstration near the police station on Thursday demanding exemplary punishment of the police personnel who “tortured the arrested person leading to his death”.

Badal Tripura of Kaladepa was captured by the local people for allegedly stealing rubber sheets from a godown on October 13 and later handed him over to the police after beating him up.