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Rupal (Manager)     23 March 2013

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CHEMBUR CUSTODIAL DEATH 
Post mortem points to police brutality 

Report says the location,extent and nature of detainees head injuries - and wounds all over his body - indicate they werent self-inflicted but that he was beaten to death 

Lata.Mishra @timesgroup.com 


The post mortem report of Naushad Sheikh,the petty thief who died in the custody of the Chembur police on March 16,confirms that he died of head injuries but refutes the police's claim that the wounds were self-inflicted.Instead,it strongly suggests Sheikh wasbeatenandtortured-notonlybecause of the specific nature of his head injuries,butalsobecause he hadwoundsalloverhis body.The police had said Sheikh died after banging his head on an iron window grill in the Chembur police station's detention room.Sheikh's fellow detainee Ibrahim Malik,however,claimed he died from a police beating,during which cops made him stand on his head and assaulted him for an hour will a nylon strap,wooden baton and metal chain.
SourcesatJJHospitaltold Mumbai Mirror,Sheikh died of a head injury,but the police's claim that he banged his head on an iron grill is doubtful.You can bang your own head once or twice,but Sheikh had several head wounds.Also if someone wants to kill himself in this way,the wounds will all be at a specific spot - most probably on the forehead.Sheikh,however,had several injuries on both sides of his head and the top of his skull.The wounds were also too deep to be self-inflicted. 
The nature of his injuries suggest that he was hit by someone else.If his head wounds were really caused by the iron grill,theywouldbeartheimpressionofthe ironrods.Sheikh's headinjuries,however,did not.This made us very suspicious, added the source.
Apart from head injuries,Sheikh's body had many fresh contusions,which strongly suggest he was tortured.His back,abdomen,hands and legs had the most contusions, added the source.
Sheikh,father of four,lived with his wife,teenage daughter and son at Shivaji Nagar,Govandi.His two elder daughters aremarriedandliveelsewhere.Hehadtwo cases of robbery against his name before thepolice,suspecting hisinvolvementina month-old pick-pocketing case,detained him and Malik at 9.30 pm on Saturday.


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