A 45-year-old man, Taiber Hussain, died in police custody at Donga Bonga Police station due to alleged torture on Thursday.
A case was registered against the SHO and the police station staff on the protest of the heirs. Later, the SHO of Donga Bonga police station and a constable were arrested.
The relatives of the victim said Hussain was taken into custody four days prior to his death, but his arrest was not recorded in the daily report and he had been kept in illegal custody by the police for four days.
The relatives claimed that the police were demanding bribes for his release. The relatives also said that Hussain died due to police torture.
The Donga Bonga police station told the relatives after the death of the detainee that he had committed suicide but the police changed their position after a while and said that he was shifted to hospital due to deteriorating health.
According to the police spokesperson, the accused was in police custody for four/five days in a theft case.
The incident of illegal detention of the accused by the Bahawalnagar police was highlighted three weeks ago when the accused, who was in illegal police custody, escaped after breaking the custody of the CIA police station on the night of Chand Raat.
A few days ago, a case was registered in the Mandi Sadiq Ganj police station for the murder of a poor girl after a media outlet raised its voice against the misuse of powers by the police.
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