Armyman found dead in lock-up

Allahabad, May 14 (UNI) An armyman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kotwali police station lock-up here today.

A native of Almora district, Pratap Singh belonged to Kumaon Regiment and was recently transferred to Allahabad from Lucknow.

Police had picked up Pratap yesterday, following a complaint by Siddhu Yadav of Mirganj area.

According to the complainant, the jawan along with his aide came to his house in an inebriated state and started misbehaving with his daughter, besides assaulting his son.

The armyman was, however, beaten up by Yadav and later handed over to the police. But, he was found dead this morning.

His body has been sent for postmortem and investigation was on.

UNI