Overview
- The detainee, arrested Wednesday night after his 16-year-old daughter's rape complaint, was found hanging early Thursday in the Namli police station in Ratlam.
- CCTV showed him in the lock-up until about 2:30 am, and a duty officer said he noticed the hanging on surveillance around 4:00 am.
- Police said he used the drawstring of his lower garment, tied to a water pipe in the lock-up toilet, to take his life.
- Officials ordered a magisterial inquiry, sent the body to Ratlam Medical College for post-mortem, and said a wider probe is underway pending forensic results.
- After the death in custody, the station in-charge was shifted to the reserve line and a head constable was suspended, according to Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar.