Mumbai : A labourer died after returning home in Mumbai’s Dongri area on Saturday night, following which his roommate alleged that the victim was beaten by police for violating the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.
However, the police denied the allegation and said the labourer died due to a heart ailment.
The J J Marg police have registered an accidental death report in the matter.
Victim Sagir Jamil Khan’s roommate claimed that after returning home on Saturday night, Khan told him that while he was driving a handcart to deliver a refrigerator in Null Bazar locality, the police caught hold of him at Phoolwali Galli in Dongri and thrashed him on head, hand and back.
Later, while having dinner, Khan suddenly collapsed.
He was then rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, his roommate told reporters.
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