UDAIPUR / AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): A 42-year-old man detained for allegedly harassing PWD official at Udaipur, died under mysterious circumstances in police custody early morning here on Friday.
Taking to TIWN on Friday over telephone SP of Gomati district Prabir Majumder said that Noor Islam died at R.K. Pur police station due to heart attack. However, family members of the deceased allege that he was beaten to death by the police. Noor Islam, a resident of Chanban, was arrested on Thursday from PWD office in Udaipur when he was harassing PWD official, said police. However, Noor Islam's family alleged that the police had beaten him to death, and after he died, his body was sent to Tripura Sundari Hospital and his family was not even informed about it. "Around 10 am, we got the information from a relative of our working in the hospital that some policemen had dumped him there," they said.Initially, policemen in the hospital told Norishlam's family that he had died due to heart attack. Meanwhile, heavy police force has been deployed at the morgue of the district hospital where Noor Islam's body has been kept since family members and people hailing from his locality have gathered there.

Noor Islam  lying dead on floor in police lock-up. TIWN Pic May 1

Noor Islam's relatives and local people agitating in front of Police Station. TIWN Pic May 1