Probe Into Death Of Man In Police Custody
An internal investigation headed by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is underway following the death of a man while in Police custody on Monday night.
The victim was brought in earlier the same day, heavily intoxicated after he allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old mechanic along Moala Street in Samabula, Suva.
Officers could not obtain the victim’s particulars as he was heavily intoxicated and was kept in custody.
Later at night, officers found him motionless, and he was rushed to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
CID officers have been directed to conduct a thorough investigation and an internal affairs enquiry is running concurrently to also investigate the conduct of Police officers.
A postmortem is expected to be conducted to ascertain cause of death as investigations were ongoing.
