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A 41-year-old man from Mumbra, arrested in an NDPS case by the Mumbra police and lodged at Thane Jail, died last night at the hospital he had been admitted to for the past 20 days. The family of the man is now claiming that he was assaulted by police officers at the jail. The jail authorities have, however, said that the man was a drug addict and had collapsed after a fit and was admitted to hospital. The family members have now demanded a high-level probe claiming it to be a custodial death case.