A Nepal native, who was among the two persons arrested on the charge of theft after sedating the residents of a house near Varkala, collapsed and died while being in police custody on Thursday.
The accused, Ramkumar, developed uneasiness when he was produced before a magistrate at the Varkala court by the Ayiroor police, along with the other accused Janak Shah, around 5 p.m.
While he was initially made to sit on a chair, he soon collapsed and turned unconscious. He was rushed to the Varkala taluk hospital where he was declared dead. The cause of death is yet to be known.
