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Mumbai: Family refuses to claim body even 130 days after boy's death

The family of Sachin Jaiswar has refused to claim his dead body demanding a fair investigation into his death. Demands probe into his 22-hour detention by Dharavi police days before death

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Deceased Sachin Jaiswar.

Deceased Sachin Jaiswar.

More than 130 days after a 17-year-old's death, his body is still lying in the JJ hospital mortuary. The family of Sachin Jaiswar has refused to claim his dead body demanding a fair investigation into his death. Jaiswar was taken to a the Dharavi police station days before his death for questioning in a mobile theft case, the family said.

He died days later at Sion hospital and the family has demanded an FIR against the police officers from Dharavi police station who had picked him up under the pretext of interrogation. Reports from the hospital have, however, said that the cause of death was leptospirosis.

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