Family of man who self-immolated in custody decide to bury body
09 Jun 2010, 6:50 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The family of the man who died in police custody have decided to bury his body after keeping him for four days for investigation.
The man set himself ablaze after pouring petrol onto his body from a bottle stored in the police station, suffering severe burns. He was transferred to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) but died during treatment on Saturday. However, a member of his family claimed he was tortured in police custody.
Today a family member of the man told Minivan News that the body was buried today Asru prayers.
”We decided not to do the postmortem examination of the body, and besides it’s not very good to keep a dead body without burying,” she said. ”We have not received further information on the case.”
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