Mumbai:
Faiz Usmani, who was questioned by Mumbai police in connection with Wednesday's Mumbai blasts, has died in hospital. He was sent home a day after questioning.
His family alleges that Faiz died after being tortured by the police.
"Bhai was sitting at the shop and abbu was eating food when they came and asked for abba. He came down quickly and around 5-8 people took him away. They said they were taking him to Chembur. Then they came home to take ammi, they said abbu was admitted to the hospital. His condition was very critical, there was no action at all," said Faiz's son, Azeem Usmani.
"We got a call from the hospital that his condition is very serious and that a nerve in his brain has burst, that it is a brain haemorrhage. The policemen just left him and went away; he has died because of brain haemorrhage and shock," Salim Siddiqui, Faiz's neighbour.
The initial post-mortem report says that Usmani died of heart attack and that he had a clot in his brain. It further adds that there are no injury marks on Usmani's body.
The police, too, have denied the charge that Faiz was tortured during interrogation. They say he was suffering from hypertension.
"Faiz Usmani was brought for questioning yesterday. But he was not feeling well. The police themselves admitted him in the hospital. There is no question of torture as he was questioned hardly for an hour. He was having problems of hypertension for quite a long time. He was on medicine also and he had not taken medicine for 3-4 days. That's what has been revealed after initial enquiry into this. But only the post-mortem report can clearly say why the death has occurred and we'll wait for the post-mortem report," said DCP Nisar Tamboli.
Faiz was taken to Mumbai's Sion Hospital where he died.
Officials of the crime branch have been questioned by the state CID, after the state government ordered an inquiry.
Faiz is Afzal Usmani's brother who is currently lodged in jail in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts.
Afzal Usmani is believed to be an operative on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and was arrested in 2008 by the Mumbai Crime Branch. He had provided cars in the 2008 Gujarat serial blasts case.
His family alleges that Faiz died after being tortured by the police.
"Bhai was sitting at the shop and abbu was eating food when they came and asked for abba. He came down quickly and around 5-8 people took him away. They said they were taking him to Chembur. Then they came home to take ammi, they said abbu was admitted to the hospital. His condition was very critical, there was no action at all," said Faiz's son, Azeem Usmani.
"We got a call from the hospital that his condition is very serious and that a nerve in his brain has burst, that it is a brain haemorrhage. The policemen just left him and went away; he has died because of brain haemorrhage and shock," Salim Siddiqui, Faiz's neighbour.
The initial post-mortem report says that Usmani died of heart attack and that he had a clot in his brain. It further adds that there are no injury marks on Usmani's body.
The police, too, have denied the charge that Faiz was tortured during interrogation. They say he was suffering from hypertension.
"Faiz Usmani was brought for questioning yesterday. But he was not feeling well. The police themselves admitted him in the hospital. There is no question of torture as he was questioned hardly for an hour. He was having problems of hypertension for quite a long time. He was on medicine also and he had not taken medicine for 3-4 days. That's what has been revealed after initial enquiry into this. But only the post-mortem report can clearly say why the death has occurred and we'll wait for the post-mortem report," said DCP Nisar Tamboli.
Faiz was taken to Mumbai's Sion Hospital where he died.
Officials of the crime branch have been questioned by the state CID, after the state government ordered an inquiry.
Faiz is Afzal Usmani's brother who is currently lodged in jail in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts.
Afzal Usmani is believed to be an operative on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and was arrested in 2008 by the Mumbai Crime Branch. He had provided cars in the 2008 Gujarat serial blasts case.
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