Mumbai:
One of the neighbors of the suspect in the 13/7 Mumbai blast who
was picked by the police for questioning and died Sunday alleged
police torture as the reason of his death.
"Faiz Usmani was picked up for
questioning and tortured leading to his death", media reports
quoted one of his neighbors as telling.
The police, however, denies the
allegations saying the post-mortem will ascertain the exact cause
of Usmani’s death.
“He was brought for questioning by
the Chembur unit. He was suffering from hypertension and had not
take medicines for the last three-four days. He was admitted to
the hospital last evening and the allegations of torture by police
are absolutely untrue”,
Mumbai Police spokesperson Nisar Tamboli said.
Faiz Usmani was picked up as a suspect in the triple blasts, which
left 19 dead and 129 injured, but late Saturday evening he
suddenly took ill and was rushed to Sion Hospital. He died there
1.20 a.m. Sunday, the medical officer on duty said.
The officer said when Faiz was brought, his blood pressure was in
excess of 220 points and there was a large amount of blood in his
brain.
"We conducted all tests on the patient and it was a case of a
massive haemorrhage," the medical official told IANS.
Faiz was the brother of Afzal Usmani, one of the prime accused in
blasts in Ahmedabad and Surat, and both were suspected members of
the Indian Mujahiddeen.
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