Man held for selling illicit liquor dies in lock-up

In the police lock-up he underwent a medical examination around midnight but things worsened in the morning when he complained of illness. He was taken to hospital where he died,said a senior city police officer. The body has been kept for post-mortem,the officer said,adding,that a judicial inquest into the death would be conducted. Family members of the deceased were informed of his death later. Officials of the New Market police station said that at the time arrest Lalu was in an inebriated state and after he was taken to the medical college,they had to pump out alcohol from his body.

Locals of the area,however,alleged that Lalu had died after police beat him up in the lock-up.