‘Custodial’ death at Surat station | Nigerian man was arrested twice in Mumbai for drug trafficking: GRP

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched an investigation into the alleged custodial death of a foreign man at Surat Railway Station. The man, who has not been named, was a Nigerian national traveling from Mumbai to Delhi on the Golden Temple Express. The investigation began after reports of a brawl between the Nigerian man and other passengers near Vapi, Valsad, where he allegedly used a fire extinguisher on his fellow passengers.

Following the altercation, he was detained and questioned at the RPF office, where he collapsed and was declared dead upon arrival at SMIMER Hospital. The postmortem report was awaited until Wednesday evening. Western Railway Superintendent of Police Abhay Soni confirmed that the deceased was a Nigerian national and had been arrested twice in Mumbai for drug trafficking in 2018. Soni stated that the purpose of the Nigerian's visit to Delhi is still under investigation.