new delhi oct 4 the nhrc has issued a notice to the cbi seeking a reply on the death of an accused in a journalists murder case in chhattisgarh following a suicide attempt by him in the agencys custody the national human rights commission has sent the notice to the director of the agency and sought a report within two weeks the nhrc has observed that cbi is the most trusted and prime investigating agency of the country death of a person in their custody indicates towards negligence on the part of the officials dealing with the matter it said in a statement today the commission said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that shiv vaishnav died after he attempted suicide in the custody of cbi reportedly after the incident the cbi officials rushed him first to the district hospital and from there to the ambedkar hospital raipur where he was kept on life support system for four days before being declared dead on monday it said the act of negligence apparent in the matter is a complete transgression of human rights of the deceased a citizen even in police custody is entitled to his fundamental rights ensured under article 21 of the constitution the nhrc said it becomes the prime duty of the agency to protect the right to life of a person who is being detained by them in their custody for the purpose of interrogation it added the relatives of the victim have alleged that cbi tortured vaishnav which forced him to take the drastic step vaishnav and vikas bansal both residents of gariaband district were arrested by cbi last week in connection with the murder of umesh rajput who worked for a hindi daily on january 23 2011 rajput was shot dead by two masked men at his native place chhura near gariaband about 120 km away from here vaishnav and bansal were brought to raipur on remand by cbi and kept at police transit mess there on the morning of september 29 vaishnav went to the washroom and tried to hang himself from its ceiling raipur superintendent of police sanjeev shukla said the officials realised that he was taking too long and broke the door and rescued him he was then taken to the district hospital knd pms