A 34-year-old man — who was detained by police on Sunday night and released within 30 minutes, died at a city hospital on Friday morning amid allegations by his family that the death was caused by police atrocities.
Dipankar Saha, a resident of Azadgarh on the city’s southern fringes, was admitted to MR Bangur Superspciality Hospital on Thursday night where he died on Friday.
Hours later, his mother Arati Saha lodged a complaint with the office of deputy commissioner (south suburban division) against officers of Golf Green police station alleging atrocities that led to her son’s death.
Senior officers in Lalbazar refuted the charges and said that they have formed a medical board to probe the cause of the death.
“The doctors will be present during the post-mortem,” said an officer in Lalbazar. Saha and four others were brought to Golf Green police station on Sunday night based on suspicion and released within 30 minutes.
An officer said, according to the CCTV footage of the police station, he had entered the premises at 10.26pm and was seen walking out at 10.56pm.
The deceased man’s family alleged that Dipankar had been tortured and had several injury marks on him when he had returned home that night.
