Mob attacks cops after teenager dies in hospital

Mumbai: A mob attacked policemen and the security personnel of a state-run agency here after the death of a youth at the Sion Hospital which they blamed on "torture by police" and "negligence" of doctors, an official said on Sunday.

Two police constables and three personnel of the Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC), including a woman, were injured in the incident, the police official said, adding that the mob also damaged four police vehicles.

Denying the allegations, the official tonight cited medical reports and said that Sachin Jaiswar (17), a resident of the Dharavi area, had died yesterday due to suspected leptospirosis, a bacterial disease.

Suspecting that he died due to the alleged police torture, around 100 people gathered outside the hospital and started hurling stones.