Man dies inside police station in Kisumu

According to a report filed at the station on Friday night, the deceased, who had been brought in earlier that morning by the area chief of Agoro West Location, was found hanging from the cell door grill using a vest.

Police constables Juliana Koka and Andrew Okong’o, who were manning the report office and the cell respectively, say they were alerted by Sergeant Nixon Lukwa who heard commotion from the cells.

The officers rushed to the scene and discovered the lifeless body of the man suspended from the cell grill, with the vest tied tightly around his neck.

"Efforts were made to rescue him by cutting the vest, but unfortunately he succumbed to injuries," the report reads.

The incident reportedly occurred less than two hours after his arrest.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Nyakach, the Sub-County Police Commander for Muhoroni, and Crime Scene Investigators from Kisumu have since visited the scene which has been preserved as investigations continue.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is expected to take over the matter.