An incident of lockup death has been reported from a police station in Gangavaram, near Chittoor. Srinivas, who hails from Bangarpet in Karnataka was found dead in mysterious circumstances inside the police station.
The police had taken Srinivas into custody for questioning during the attack on lovers near Kaigal falls.
The relatives of Srinivas allege that he died due to physical harassment by the police. The relatives smelt a rat when the victim was taken to a private hospital instead of government hospital for treatment. It may be recalled that on 4 October, four guys had attacked lovers at Kaigal falls with knives and raped a girl.
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