By Zoisa Fraser

Relatives of Surindranauth Bhoojnauth who was found hanging in his cell on Tuesday after he was detained by Mahaica police are now pointing fingers at the ranks, insisting that they should have taken away his belt and any other item before he was placed in confinement.

They said that this was the normal procedures adopted by the police when handling prisoners. This was confirmed by several high ranking law enforcement authorities and this newspaper has learnt that a senior officer attached to the station has been questioned by his superiors in relation to Bhoojnauth’s death.

The 31-year-old Belmont, Mahaica resident who was placed in the lock-ups on Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly hit a woman he had a pending court matter with, was found hanging by his belt which was attached to the bars of a ventilation window on the southern wall of his cell……