kottayam youth in police custody who allegedly attempted to commit suicide by hanging on the window bars of the washroom in a police station here on tuesday later succumbed to death said police it was navaz u 27 son of late sasi edathala house areeparambu near here who was found hanging in the visitors wash room in manarcad police station using his dhoti tied to the bars of the window said police though he was taken to hospital his life could not be saved the deceased is a daily wages workermeanwhile dgp loknath behera issued orders to ernakulam range ig and kottayam sp to take stringent action against those guilty officers in connection with the incident he also said that a magisteriallevel probe will be conductedaccording to kottayam sp harisankar the youth was taken into protective custody in drunkenness under section 47 of police act from the premises of his house in rajeev gandhi housing colony on monday night his relatives had rung up and complained to the police that the person is indulging in violent behaviour he was taken to the general hospital here around 1230am on tuesday for medical tests it was found that he had consumed alcohol in the tests said harisankar navaz was taken back to the station and was kept in the police lock up in the night in the morning he was allowed to come out of the lock up and was asked to sit in the reception as some of his relatives were expected to turn up according to the sp navaz was seen sitting in the reception in the cctv visuals around 913am he was seen going to the visitors washroom inside the station said the officer he was found hanging in the washroom round 10am and the officer said that he had some life left in him when he was brought down there were some scars and aberration on the skin of the dead which the sp said would have occurred when the family members tried to resist his violent behaviourharisankar also said that a probe has been launched and the investigation will be based on the guidelines of the national human rights commission he also said that there were civilians present in the reception during that time they will also be interrogated as part of the probedistrict crime records bureau dysp parthasarathy pillai will probe on the incident while district special branch dysp prakasan padanna will probe on the alleged failure on the part of the police officers who were on dutynavaz is survived by wife and a sixyearold girl navazs mother was also staying with the family according to jagadamma a relative and neighbour of navaz the youth used to beat wife and child often under the influence of alcohol