Set up a special task force to investigate the injuries sustained to Baskar while he was in police custody
Early this morning one Baskar Rao a 47-year-old security guard went to the Jelapang police station to lodge a police report. The report was as regards a break in into the place he was the security guard. Unfortunately, the police apparently refused to accept his report. Thus, with an ensuing tussle, he was handcuffed. But in the process, somehow due to the police, Baskar apparently decided to commit suicide and he lighted fire when he had some “substance” all over his body which caught fire. In the process, he was severely burnt all this took place about 1-2am this morning in the Jelapang police compound. And now has been admitted to the General Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh. As the incident happened while he was with handcuff he is considered to be in “police custody”. His family member one R.Adhi Lakshmi a/p P.Rajagopal, 54, has lodged a police report and the case is been investigated by Insp Firdaus. The police Department owes an explanation as to what ac