MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 16-year-old boy held for allegedly abducting a girl died in police custody, police on Monday said.
Four policemen were suspended in the wake of the death, they said.
The boy had reportedly fled with a girl from Bijnor after which her family lodged a complaint of abduction at Suohara Police Station in Bijnor on Sunday, a local said.
Bijnor Superintendent of Police Abhishek said that a police team traced the couple in Ambala Sunday night.
On the way to Bijnor, Sub-inspector Sunil Kumar kept them illegally at his house in Shamli, where the boy died, he said.
Police were investigating the death and the boy's body had been sent for postmortem in Shamli, Circle Office Shyam Singh told PTI.
Though nothing is conclusive yet, police suspect the boy killed himself.
Local SHO Avnish Kumar, Sub-Inspector Sunil Kumar, woman constable Anu and head constable Rajiv have been suspended, the SP said.