An accused in a theft case today died in police custody at Udhna police station here after complaining of respiratory problem, police said.
Mohbat Thakor (35) was arrested along with three others on June 19 in connection with theft of Rs 32 lakh cash from a dry fruit packaging unit located at Udhna industrial area.
A local court had yesterday remanded him to police custody till June 27, they said.
"Early this morning, Thakor complaint of respiratory problem and collapsed. It appeared that he had suffered a heart attack, after which he was immediately rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead," Surat DCP Jagdish Patel said.
"We are yet to receive the postmortem report as doctors have kept it for further examination," he said.
Police had recovered over Rs 14 lakh from Thakor's possession, the DCP added.
