Inmate Dies in Police Custody in Surkhet
Surkhet. A detainee who was in custody on a mobile theft case has died in Surkhet. Sabir Bax, 21, a resident of Birendranagar Municipality-10, died in police custody.
He had been in police custody since Jestha 27 on a mobile theft case. On Friday, while in custody, he fell ill and was taken to Karnali Provincial Hospital at 4 PM.
On Saturday at 5:32 AM, the hospital declared him dead, informed Kabindra Singh Bohora, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of the District Police Office Surkhet.
Bohora informed that a forensic doctor from Banke is in the process of arriving for the post-mortem examination of the deceased, and further procedures will proceed only after that.
Police said that Sabir had been involved in theft cases multiple times before and was also a drug user.
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