In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old boy, who was arrested on charge of theft, died in a hospital after he was allegedly assaulted brutally at a juvenile remand home in Matunga here.
The State Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought details from the police and remand home officials.
Amir Jamal Khan, a resident of suburban Powai, was admitted to the hospital on May 24 in a critical condition, and died Thursday, the police said.
He was arrested by Powai police on April 17 for allegedly stealing a woman’s purse and then sent in custody to Dongri remand home near Byculla. After a few days, he was shifted to David Sassoon Remand Home at Matunga.
A sub-inspector at Shivaji Park police station said a police team had gone to Nair hospital when the boy was admitted there and recorded his statement in which he named some inmates and a senior official of David Sassoon Juvenile Home at Matunga, who allegedly assaulted, tortured and sodomised him.
Based on the statement, the police on Friday registered an FIR against 12 inmates of the remand home. - PTI
