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5 Wadala TT cops suspended after youth dies in custody
Updated On: 30 October, 2019 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Family of 26-year-old alleges that he was illegally detained and mercilessly thrashed

Police lathicharge people protesting outside Wadala TT police station demanding action against the five cops on Tuesday. Pics/Ashish Raje
Five cops of the Wadala Truck Terminal (TT) police station were suspended on Tuesday after a 26-year-old man died allegedly in their custody. Vijay Singh, a resident of Sion, died on the intervening night of October 27 and 28. His friends and family members alleged that the cops illegally jailed Vijay and beat him to death.
'Illegal detention'
Vijay Singh, a medical representative with a Dadar-based pharmaceutical company, had gone for a ride with his cousin Nirmal Singh and friend Ankit Mishra at 11 pm on Sunday when they got into a fight with a couple near Wadala TT RTO.


