Youth arrested in a beef smuggling case, dies in custody, police accused of murder

  • Shocking news has come out from the Panchmahal district of Gujarat where a youth, arrested for cow smuggling, died in police custody.
  • According to the information received, Godhra B Division police had arrested a person named Qasim Abdullah for carrying cow meat.
  • He was to be produced before the magistrate on Thursday but he died a day before. The police said, "The young man hanged himself, we have CCTV footage."
  • Relatives of the deceased youth said, "When they met Qasim, he had spoken of assault, he is being forced to confess that he was carrying beef."
  • The relatives have demanded the senior officers investigate the matter seriously. They allege that Qasim was murdered in police custody.