Guj HC orders CID probe into custodial death case
29 Aug 2015 6:02 AM IST
The Gujarat High Court on Friday ordered a CID probe in a case of custodial death of a 32-year- old man of Patel community during quota violence after the second post-mortem report stated that he had died due to severe head injury.
Justice J B Pardiwala of the high court directed that the investigation into the death of Swetang Patel be conducted by CID. The court observed that prima facie it was a case of homicide and directed Police Inspector of Bapunagar area to register an FIR in the custodial death case.
It also directed CID to submit a progress report of the case till August 31.
The order came after the second post-mortem report of <g data-gr-id="19">Swetang</g> was submitted before the high court stating the reason of his death was severe head injury causing brain hemorrhage.
The court had on Thursday ordered a second autopsy of the body in connection with the plea moved by Prabhaben Patel, mother of deceased <g data-gr-id="18">Swetang</g>, which said her son was allegedly beaten by the police and ultimately he succumbed to the injuries.
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