Gonda, Nov. 5 -- A detainee in the custody of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) died today after his health reportedly deteriorated while being brought to the RPF post at Gonda Junction, under the North Eastern Railway zone.

According to RPF Post Commander Anirudh Rai, the deceased has been identified as Sanjay Kumar Sonkar (33), a resident of Kinki village in Motiganj police station area of Gonda district. Sonkar had been detained by the RPF team in connection with a railway property theft case.

Rai stated that while the RPF team was bringing the accused to the post, his condition suddenly worsened on the way. "Instead of taking him to the post, the personnel rushed him to the Medical College for treatment, where he succumbed during tre...