India, April 1 -- A 41-year-old man arrested in connection with a cheating case died in police custody in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, triggering allegations of police brutality/

Durgesh Katholia, a resident of Bhawarmara village in Rajnandgaon district, was arrested on Monday and produced before a local court in Dhamtari which remanded him in police custody.

According to the police, Katholia fell ill and his condition deteriorated hours later and was rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead. "The exact cause of death is yet to be confirmed as we await the post-mortem report. However, prima facie, it appears he suffered a heart attack," a police officer said.

Arjuni police station's Station House Officer (S...