Even as family members of the 17-year-old Dharavi boy want the policemen, who tortured him, behind bars, the post-mortem report has confirmed that he was suffering from leptospirosis and succumbed to it.

Doctors at Sion hospital said he had contracted the bacterial infection, which had later spread to his liver and kidneys. "The patient had developed leptospirosis; since his admission, he was given treatment for it," said dean Dr Jayashree Monkar. However, BMC Executive Health Officer Dr Padmaja Keskar said they hadn't received any report of leptospirosis from the hospital.