Odiya migrant’s death: Fresh complaint file in Surat

Surat: Police registered an offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder at Amroli police station on Thursday in connection with the suspicious death of Odiya migrant Satyawan Swain (36).
The complaint was registered in Surat after a complaint filed by Swains kin in Bhanjanagar police station of Ganjam district in Odisha was transferred here.
Swain, a worker in Anjani Industrial Estate (AIE) died on May 14, following which city police registered a case of accidental death. But Swain’s elder brother Santosh lodged a complaint of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in Odisha on May 17.
In the complaint lodged in Odisha, Amroli police was named as accused, however, in the offence registered in Surat on Thursday, nobody has been named as accused.
In the fresh complaint registered here, Santosh has been named as complainant. According to the fresh complaint, Santosh received information from eyewitnesses Padmanabh Swain and Sanjay Pradhan that, Swain died after lathi-charge by police.
Police had chased the deceased in the unit where he was staying and beat him up and other workers. Swain sustained injuries and was taken in 108 ambulance to hospital where he died mid-way, according to the complaint.
Investigation of the offence has been handed over to assistant commissioner of police S M Patel.
The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) had issued notice on May 28 to city police commissioner, state DGP and district magistrate seeking report of the investigation done in the case.