Overview
- Police in Bengaluru said Thursday a 45-year-old accused died in custody after failing to respond to treatment at Victoria Hospital.
- The man, identified in local reporting as Manjunath, had been arrested on April 28 in a probe into a plot to rob a woman by staging a fatal crash, and police said multiple previous cases were on his record.
- The police release said he reported severe stomach pain early May 2 and was admitted as an inpatient at Victoria Hospital.
- Officers cited acute pancreatic complications along with liver disease and diabetes, and they filed an Unnatural Death Report that triggers a medico-legal autopsy in such cases.
- Reports conflict on the date of death, with The Hindu citing May 3 and the police release stating May 5 at about 9:20 a.m.