more-inA youth accused of theft allegedly consumed poison under mysterious circumstance at a police station in Agartala. Sources in the police said Khitish Sarkar, 22, was brought to the West Agartala Police Station from jail for the second time following a court order. Critical conditionOn Sunday, a police team took Mr Sarkar in a semi-conscious condition to the IGM Hospital from where he was shifted to G.B. The police station in charge, Narayan Saha, denied that the accused consumed poison or he was subject to any form of torture. Doctors later told us he was frothing from the mouth,” Mr Saha said on Monday.

Source: The Hindu February 27, 2017 21:56 UTC