Jaipur: In what seems to be yet another case of custodial death, a day after a Dalit man in Rajasthan’s Barmer was picked up by the police, who accused him of having stolen property in his possession, he was reported dead on Thursday. The family of the deceased has accused the police of murder.Jitender Khatik alias Jitu, a 26-year-old man who owns a scrap shop was detained by the Barmer (rural) police on Wednesday, who alleged that a “pipe” in his possession was stolen property.Khatik’s brother Champalal told The Wire that the family had shown the police a receipt for the pipe to prove that it wasn’t stolen. “But still they took my brother away. The policemen asked me to bring the bill to the station in the evening and that they would then set my brother free,” he said.When Khatik’s family went to the station in the evening along with the bill, the police told them he would be released the next morning.“In the night, we took food for him. In the morning too, at around 9 am, we took tea for him and met him. He didn’t say much but his eyes were swelling and he looked very tired. The police only let us speak to him for a short time,” added Champalal.Three hours later, when Khatik’s family was waiting outside the station for his release, the police called them to inform that he had died.Also Read: We Must Recognise That Discrimination Plays a Large Role in Custodial Torture“He was in a different room and his mouth was wide open. Even when we pressed down hard in the middle of his chest, he didn’t move. The doctors confirmed that he is dead,” Champalal said.Khatik was the eldest among his five brothers and sisters. He is survived by a wife and a five-year-old son.The family has demanded the arrest of the policemen responsible for the death, apart from seeking a government job to one of the members of the family and a compensation of Rs 1 crore. They have also said that his body wouldn’t be cremated until their demands are fulfilled.“If the government will not fulfill our demands before 6 pm on Friday, we will take the dead body on roads in protest,” his brother said.A case under murder charges has been registered against Deep Singh, the station house officer of the Barmer (rural) police station and other policemen.Barmer superintendent of police Sharad Chowdhary told the Indian Express that the judicial magistrate will conduct the post-mortem of the body on Friday. “The SHO has been suspended and the entire police station staff has been sent to the lines as per NHRC guidelines. A case under section 302 (murder) of the IPC has been registered against SHO Singh and other police personnel,” he said.The SP also said that though the police had received information that Khatik was in possession of stolen goods, based on which he was brought to the police station for questioning, no FIR was registered against him.Meanwhile, the opposition parties in the state have accused the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government of unleashing atrocities against the Dalits through the police.क्या @ashokgehlot51 जी आपकी पुलिस दलितों पर अत्याचार कब बंद करेगी,अंग्रेजी सरकार के नक्शे कदम पर चलकर आप पूज्य महात्मा गांधी जी के आदर्शों पर चलने का ढोंग कब तक करते रहोगे ?@RLPINDIAorg #दलित_विरोधी_गहलोत_सरकार pic.twitter.com/YeRcng47E2— HANUMAN BENIWAL (@hanumanbeniwal) February 28, 2020The opposition had also made the same accusation last week, when disturbing videos of two Dalit men being tortured by civilians emerged.