Bijapur: Three policemen, including a circle police inspector, were suspended from service today in connection with an alleged lockup death at Gol Gumbaz police station here.
G P Badgi, the inspector, and A H Halkavde and B H Kashinkunti, both sub-inspectors, were suspended for showing "negligence in their duty" following the death of Raffiq Mulla, 24, who allegedly committed suicide yesterday in the lockup by hanging himself from the window sill, a police statement said. They were suspended by the in charge Superintendent of Police, S F Trasgar.
A disciplinary inquiry had also been ordered against the trio, Trasgar said in the statement.
The case has been handed over to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
PTI