Mumbai Blast - Faiz Usmani Dies After Having Questioned by Mumbai Police

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Mumbai Blast - Faiz Usmani Dies After Having Questioned by Mumbai Police: As reported by indiablooms Mumbai, July 17 (IBNS) A man who was questioned by the Mumbai Police in connection with the serial blasts of Wednesday died later in a hospital Sunday, prompting a CID probe after his family alleged custodial torture leading to the death.

"It was for formal questioning for half an hour or so. There was no question of torture. He after half an hour complained of sickness and taken to hospital," said a senior police officer.

"He was only questioned and nothing else. There was custodial violence. He was immediately admitted in hospital," said DCP, Crime Branch, Nisar Tamboli.

The deceased's brother Afzal Usmani is a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) member who was arrested in 2008 by the Mumbai Crime Branch.

Usmani had allegedly supplied cars in the 2008 Gujarat serial blasts case.


Faiz Usmani, who was the brother of 2008 Ahmedabad blast suspect Afzal Usmani now lodged in a Gujarat jail, was admitted in Mumbai's Sion Hospital by the police where he died on Saturday-Sunday intervening night even as police denied subjecting him to any physical torture.

Police said the man was a patient of hypertension and had not taken medicines for some days.
Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Ajit Parasnis later ordered a CID probe into the death.

Mumbai Blast - Faiz Usmani Dies After Having Questioned by Mumbai Police

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