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A. Ganapathy death after police custody
In February 2024 a coroner found that negligence by Selayang police personnel led to the fatal infection, but no officer has been reported charged. The family's lawyer said a civil suit would follow; no filing or outcome has been reported since.
- Category
- Crime
- Since
- 24 Feb 2021
- Last update
- 27 Feb 2024
- Next
- Family's planned civil suit (no filing reported)
Timeline
- Ganapathy, a 40-year-old milk trader, was arrested to help police trace his younger brother and held at Gombak district police headquarters.
- His mother lodged a report alleging he had been beaten with a rubber hose while in custody.
- He died at Selayang Hospital after his leg was amputated; Gombak police said initial findings showed no evidence of assault.
- The Attorney-General's Chambers filed for an inquest into the death at Shah Alam.
- Coroner Rasyihah Ghazali ruled he died of necrotising fasciitis with sepsis, caused by Selayang police negligence over his diabetes medication and wound care, though she could not say who caused the wound.