Fayaz Usmani died after police interrogation
MUMBAI: Police investigation of recent Mumbai bomb blast lead into the death of a man who was called in for questioning about the deadly blasts.
During the investigation Fayaz Usmani complained of feeling unwell and died in hospital, hours after his questioning early on Sunday.
Fayaz family suspects foul play, but police deny allegations of torture, saying he died of a heart attack.
On Saturday afternoon, Mr Usmani was picked up by police for questioning about the blasts. The police said that within 20 minutes he was complaining of stomach ache and vomited.
Mr Usmani was taken to a local hospital, where examinations revealed that he had suffered from brain haemorrhage. He died early on Sunday.
“Mr Usmani was suffering from hypertension. The allegations of torture by police are absolutely untrue,” Nisar Tamboli, a police spokesman, told the Associated Press news agency.
The chief of the hospital where Mr Usmani was admitted said that Mr Usmani had suffered from a heart attack and “no marks of injury were found on his body”.
Last week on Wednesday’s three explosions killed 19 people and injured dozens.
The attacks were the deadliest in India since 2008, when gunmen killed 165 people in a three-day raid in Mumbai.
Some officials and analysts suspect Indian Mujahideen. Mr Usmani was the elder brother of a suspect of blasts in the western city of Ahmedabad in 2008, who is now in prison.
His relatives said Mr Usmani did not suffer from any health problems.
His son, Azeem Usmani said, “He looked fine when he left home. It has happened because of the police.”
