Six police personnel in Bihar’s West Champaran district have been suspended following the death of a 25-year-old man who was arrested in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, police said on Monday. The deceased, identified as Dilshad Ansari, was a resident of Badhayi Tola in Auraiya, under the Banuchhapar police station area in Bettiah. He was an accused in NDPS case number 65/25, registered on August 8, 2025, and was attached to the Sahodra police station in West Champaran.
The suspended personnel include two sub-inspectors, Ravi Shankar Kumar and Arun Kumar, and four constables: Saudagar Kumar Yadav, Raj Kumar Rishi, Kundan Kumar, and Suman Kumar. All six were suspended with immediate effect, according to a statement issued by Bettiah police late Monday evening. In its statement, police said Ansari was being taken to the Sahodra police station after his arrest from Banuchhapar when he allegedly jumped from the moving vehicle and sustained serious injuries.
“After his arrest from Banuchhapar, Dilshad was being taken to the Sahodra police station when he jumped from the running vehicle and, as a result, suffered grievous injuries. He was rushed to the subdivisional hospital at Narkatiaganj and later referred to GMCH at Bettiah, where he was declared dead by the doctors,” said police in its statement.
Ansari’s family has disputed the police account and demanded a high-level inquiry into the circumstances of his death.
His wife, Nagma Khatoon, said a police team arrived at their home around 2 am on Monday and took her husband into custody. According to her, the police assured the family that he would be released by morning after questioning.
“It was around 2 am on Monday when a police team raided our house and took my husband into custody, assuring us that he would be released by morning after interrogation. However, the next morning, someone from Banuchhapar police station called us and asked us to come to GMCH, saying that my husband had fallen ill. When we arrived, we found him dead in the hospital,” the deceased’s wife, Nagma Khatoon, told FoEJ Media.
“He left home in perfectly good health. I have been married for only a year and a half, and they have killed him. I have a little baby girl in my arms,” she added.
Ansari was arrested in connection with a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Sahodra police station on August 2, 2025.
