Cops suspended after UP man jumps to death from Velachery police station

CHENNAI: A sub-inspector and a constable attached to Velachery station were placed under suspension following the death of a suspect, who allegedly leapt from the second floor of the station and sustained injuries leading to his death.

SI Jambulingam and constable Jagatheesan attached to the crime wing were suspended, and a magisterial inquiry has been initiated into the events leading to the suspect's death.

Last Friday, Raja of Uttar Pradesh sustained severe injuries after falling from the second floor of the Velachery police station while allegedly attempting to escape custody. He succumbed to the injuries on Tuesday (June 24).

According to the police, they had received a tip-off about a burglary under way at a house in Vijayanagar 7th Street in Velachery police limits on June 20 after which a team rushed to the scene and caught Raja red-handed.

He was taken to the police station and was being interrogated by the personnel from the crime wing on the second floor when the incident happened.

According to police accounts, early Friday morning, Raja requested to use the restroom. When he was let out of the holding area on the second floor, he allegedly attempted to flee by trying to jump onto a nearby tree to climb down. But he lost his footing and fell to the ground. Raja was admitted to a private hospital in Mannapakkam with serious injuries, where he died without responding to treatment.