Three policemen were suspended on Sunday after an accused in a dowry harassment case jumped out of a moving bus while he was being taken to a court and died in Rajasthan's Churu district, officials said.
The incident took place on Saturday, a day after the accused, Pramod Kumar (38), was arrested, they said.
Pramod Kumar was being taken from Bhaleri police station to a court in Tara Nagar in Churu on a bus on Saturday when he jumped out of the vehicle's rear door near Buchawas in a bid to escape from police custody. He was rushed to a hospital in Tara Nagar where he was declared dead, Inspector General, Bikaner range, Omprakash said.
Station House Officer of Churu's Bhaleri police station Kedarmal, and constables Satveer Poonia and Bhairo Singh, who were escorting Pramod Kumar, have been suspended. Satveer Poonia was supposed to serve a notice to Pramod Kumar but instead, he placed him under arrest, he said.
The post-mortem examination of the body is being conducted by a medical board, the Inspector General (IG) said, adding that a judicial inquiry will be conducted into the matter.
Pramod Kumar's family members agreed to accept his body only after the suspension of the three policemen.
"The body will be handed over to Pramod Kumar's family members today after the post-mortem examination," the IG said.
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