A 25-year-old man from Telangana, picked up by the Prakasam police for questioning in connection with highway robbery cases, died in police custody on Wednesday.
Chirala Dy. SP Prem Kajal said Vijay Rathod from Adilabad district and member of the infamous Pardi dacoity gang from Central India, was nabbed by the Martur police along with lethal weapons after a case was registered under IPC Section 392.
As he complained of chest pain, he was rushed to a hospital in Martur and shifted to the Government Hospital at Addanki and the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, here. Efforts by the doctors to save him proved futile, she said.
Preliminary probe revealed that he was involved in several dacoities in the State and outside especially on national highways after waylaying lorries and autorickshaws, she added.