A Delhi police constable was suspended after an 18-year-old boy, who he had allegedly thrashed four days ago, died with his family accusing the cop of being responsible for the death.

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The deceased, identified as Rajan Khatri was detained allegedly by the cop at a Ramlila fair in Outer Delhi Narela area when a staffer of a merry-go-round of trying to hand him a counterfeit currency note.Rajan was subsequently led to a tent behind the merry-go-round for "questioning" by Pramod, a constable deployed at the fair. Instead of being interrogated, he was allegedly brutally beaten by the constable.The first year ITI student died on Monday morning after repeated visits to several hospitals over the past four days, his family said. They alleged he had suffered internal injuries because of the "beating" and had been vomiting blood since the assault."The accused constable been suspended from duty and a medical board would be constituted to conduct post-mortem of the deceased," said Vikramjit Singh, DCP (Outer).No case in this connection has been registered yet as police said they would await the autopsy report before concluding if the boy was actually beaten or he died of some "illness"."The boy suffered from diabetes and was insulin dependent. It is possible he died of very high level of blood sugar. The injuries on his body were superficial in nature and it is unlikely they could have caused his death," claimed a senior police officer in defence of the constable.