The Arnala police had registered an Accidental Death Report, after a 19-year-old boy allegedly slipped and died while he was trying to escape the police.

“The incident took place in the early hours of September 23, as one team was patrolling in Agashi village, Virar. The boy saw the van and he thought that the police were present there to arrest him as he was playing cards at a Ganpati pandal. Out of fear, he was running away. Unfortunately, his leg slipped as he tripped on a wooden plank and fell,” said a police officer.