Injured man made to wait at police station, dies

Express news service : Tue Mar 26 2013, 03:07 hrs

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Sayyed Gazi Sheikh (65) died allegedly after he was made to sit at a police station with untreated injuries sustained in a fight with neighbours in Malwani Sunday night.
Police have still not registered a complaint of murder, saying they are awaiting post-mortem report.
His family claimed Sheikh was asked to report to the police station in an injured state after his neighbours made allegations of assault.
His daughter Tanvar (25) said Sheikh was in their Malwani home when neighbours barged in demanding a passageway.
"The family of Yaseen Shaikh has built an illegal house on mangroves just behind ours. They have been demanding a passageway through our house but my father did not agree," said Tanvar.
She said at 9 pm Sunday, Yaseen, his wife Yasmin and son Sameer barged into their house and beat up her father with rods, after which he approached police.
"The officers registered an NC and asked my father to go for an examination of his head injuries.
"When he returned, Yasmin went to the police station and alleged my father attacked her with a blade. My father was in hospital at the time. At 1 am, police called my father, registered a cross-complaint and made him sit in the police station for two hours. When he returned home at 3 am, he collapsed. We rushed him to hospital where he was declared dead," Tanvar said.
She said her father died due to police negligence. "My father had head injuries. In that condition he was made to wait at the police station." Jaywant Hargude, ACP (Malwani), said: "We are conducting inquiries and if police negligence is proved, we will take action against officers concerned."