The toll in the Bengaluru violence rose to four on Saturday, after a 24-year-old boy arrested in connection with the clashes, died at a go...
The toll in the Bengaluru violence rose to four on Saturday, after a 24-year-old boy arrested in connection with the clashes, died at a government hospital following surgery, PTI reported. The boy, identified as Sayyed Nadeem, had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the police said.
Nadeem was a resident of KG Halli in east Bengaluru, one of the areas affected by the violence, which broke out after a relative of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy put up a Facebook post that was allegedly offensive to Islam. He was arrested on August 12 in a case registered at the DJ Halli police station, according to The Indian Express.
“He [Nadeem] was in jail since August 12,” Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said. “Last night [Friday] he came to Bowring Hospital with chest pain.”
However, Pant ruled out the possibility that Nadeem’s death may have been caused because of a bullet wound and said “probably some hard object hit on his abdomen”. “Nothing to do with bullets,” he added.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Administration) Hemant Nimbalkar told The Indian Express that the boy died after testing positive for the coronavirus as he did not respond to post-operative treatment due to “subsequent complications”.
“He was brought to Bowring Hospital for treatment [on Friday] after complaining...
