Jammu Tawi, Feb. 6 -- Clarifying that there is no crackdown in the Billawar town of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said the suspected Over Ground Worker (OGW) called for questioning did not die due to custodial torture but committed suicide at his residence.

Police refuted the allegations levelled by the former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in her post on X claiming that Makhan Din, aged 25 from Perody, Billawar, was detained by the SHO of Billawar on false charges of being an Over Ground Worker (OGW).

He was reportedly subjected to brutal thrashing and torture, forced into a confession, and tragically found dead today (Thursday), she posted.

Deputy Inspector General, Jammu-Kathua Range, Shiv Kumar Sharma in a s...