Youth found dead in Shirdi police lock up; probe given to CID

A suspected pickpocket was found dead in police lock up here under mysterious circumstances, with his relatives alleging that he died due to beating by police.
However, police have denied the charge and said that Kiran Rokade (18) committed suicide using his waist belt on Wednesday afternoon.
Four police constables on duty were suspended in this regard while in-charge inspector of Shirdi police station, Pramod Wagh has been transferred to Control Room, Ahmednagar SP Sourabh Tripathi told reporter last night after visiting the police station.
He said the case is handed over to CID.
Rokade was detained by police after he was allegedly spotted pick-pocketing by some people at gate no. 4 of Saibaba temple here.

Though police insisted that Rokade killed himself by tying the belt to the iron grills of the lock-up door, his relatives staged a rasta roko demanding stern action against the policemen.
They blocked the car of Additional Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Jadhav on Ahmednagar-Manmad Road today.
Rokade's body has been sent to Sasoon Hospital in Pune for postmortem.