Hours after arrest, 1 of 2 rape suspects dies in custody in Surat | India News – Times of India

SURAT: Hours after he was arrested for the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Mota Borsara village near the city of Surat, one of the two suspects died after falling ill police arrest on Thursday.
Shivshankar Chaurasiya45, was arrested along with Munna Paswan, 40, near Mandvi town on Wednesday evening. Officials said Chaurasiya was taken to a community health center (CHC) in Kamrej after he complained of shortness of breath and anxiety. When his condition worsened, he was taken to New Civil Hospital where he died during treatment.
“The postmortem report will reveal the exact cause of death. He was taken to the CHC as soon as he complained but his condition continued to deteriorate,” said Surat group IGP Premvir Singh. SP Hitesh Joysar said, “He lived alone and changed his location frequently due to his criminal background. He was involved in a brutal murder in 2017 in Ankleshwar and was wanted for multiple offenses at police stations in Gujarat.
Chaurasiya and Paswan were migrant workers from MP and Bihar respectively. They, along with their absconding accomplice Ramsajivan alias Raju Vishwakarma, raped the teenager on Tuesday evening, when they saw her standing by the roadside with a male friend.
The duo stopped their bike and harassed them. The girl fled into a field while her boyfriend, who tried to hit the suspect with a stick, ran towards the village. Before returning with some locals, the trio raped the girl and fled. Paswan and Chaurasiya were traced and arrested with the help of technical surveillance.