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Tribune News Service

Jaipur, August 23 
A 60-year-old ex-Army man allegedly committed suicide in police custody on Thursday in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, hours after he was arrested on charges of being drunk.
The SHO along with seven policemen have been shifted from Bharatpur’s Kumher Thana to police lines.
According to police sources, Prahlad, died by tearing his blanket to make a rope and hang himself in the Kumher police station.

A huge crowd staged a noisy protest outside the police station as the news spread. His family alleged that police beating forced him to take his own life.
Inspector General of Police Malini Agrawal and Superintendent of Police Kesar Singh Shekhawat visited the police station amid the tension.
Agrawal told IANS that Prahlad’s body had been brought to the Bharatpur District Hospital for autopsy. — With IANS