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Barmer SP Sharat Choudhary was removed from his post on Thursday night after SHO Deep Singh was suspended over a Dalit youth’s death in custody, police said on Friday.

Twenty-four-year-old Jitendra Khatik was detained for committing theft on Wednesday, without an FIR, and died while in police custody on Thursday.

The matter was raised by Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party convener Hanuman Beniwal, following which the Station House Officer of Barmer Rural was suspended, and then the Superintendent of Police was removed from post until further orders.

The entire staff at the police station is in the line of fire as the incident has turned political after the RLP laeder raised questions on police working.

Beniwal has asked how can a youth be detained and tortured without any case registered against him. He could have been called for investigation but keeping him in police custody raised questions, he said.