<p class="title">A man who was seriously injured in an alleged police assault, succumbed to the injuries, at a hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deceased is Roy D'Souza (50).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The family and community leaders have alleged that D'Souza died of police assault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured Roy was mentally unwell. When he was moving around holding a sickle in his hand on midnight of June 9, the police stopped him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He assaulted the police and the police were injured by his hand. Later, the police took him to the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Roy's mother was called to the police station and they handed him over to her. Roy was severely injured by then. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Roy's family members took him to a hospital in Madikeri on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Baby Mathew of Kodagu District Christians Seva Sangha and Catholic Association vice president Johnson Pinto have condemned the assault on Roy by the police and have demanded a probe into the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police should have taken legal action against him if he had done anything wrong, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virajpet town police constable Sanghamesh in a complaint has alleged that Roy had assaulted him while he was on duty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu Superintendent of Police Kshama Mishra said that a probe will be conducted.</p>
<p class="title">A man who was seriously injured in an alleged police assault, succumbed to the injuries, at a hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deceased is Roy D'Souza (50).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The family and community leaders have alleged that D'Souza died of police assault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured Roy was mentally unwell. When he was moving around holding a sickle in his hand on midnight of June 9, the police stopped him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He assaulted the police and the police were injured by his hand. Later, the police took him to the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Roy's mother was called to the police station and they handed him over to her. Roy was severely injured by then. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Roy's family members took him to a hospital in Madikeri on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Baby Mathew of Kodagu District Christians Seva Sangha and Catholic Association vice president Johnson Pinto have condemned the assault on Roy by the police and have demanded a probe into the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police should have taken legal action against him if he had done anything wrong, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virajpet town police constable Sanghamesh in a complaint has alleged that Roy had assaulted him while he was on duty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu Superintendent of Police Kshama Mishra said that a probe will be conducted.</p>