Chhattisgarh -man who was arrested for cheating dies in custody; Sho suspended

01 April 2025 09:34 PM IST DURGESH KATHOLIA, a resident of the BhawaMara village in the Rajnandgaon district, was arrested on Monday and produced in front of a local court in Dhamtari Raipur: a 41-year-old man arrested in a police in a police’s cruelty. Katholia, a resident of the town of Bhawarmara in the Rajnandgaon district, has been arrested in connection with a fraudulent case. (Getty Images/Istockphoto) Durgesh Katholia, a resident of the BhawaMara town in the Rajnandgaon district, was arrested on Monday and produced in front of a local court in Dhamtari who arrested him in police. According to police, Katholia became ill and his condition deteriorated hours later and was rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead. ‘The exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed as we are awaiting the post -mortem. However, prima facie seems to have had a heart attack, “a police officer said. Arjuni police station officer (SHO), Sunny Dubey, was suspended after the death of the supervision and an investigation was ordered. Katholia was accused of baptizing about 50 farmers in the Dhamtari district, who claimed to have paddy collected with them on the promise to pay higher than the tariff for government satisfaction, but made no payments. According to police, similar charges against him are registered in Balod, Rajnandgaon, Gariaaband and Balaghat districts. Katholia’s family claims to have been tortured in custody. “We were not informed about his arrest or court proceedings. If he did something wrong, the law should have punished him. Police had no right to kill him, “his wife Durga Devi said and participated in a protest outside the district hospital where her husband’s body was held. His father, Laxman Katholia, said police arrested his son of Durg and brought him to Rajnandgaon. “They searched our house and found nothing. Yet they assaulted him with an iron chain in front of us and denied him water. If they do this at home, what should they have done at the police station? ‘ he asks. The leaders of the congress joined the demonstration and criticized the Chhattisgarh police for death. “A man from Rajnandgaon died due to the torture of the police in Dhamtari. It is a serious decline in law and order, “Chhattisgarh’s communications chief of communications, Sushil Anand Shukla, said and asked for a judicial inquiry in the case.