<p>People laid siege to a fire station in Assam's Hailakandi district and pelted the police and security forces with stones on Saturday over rumours of the death of a suspected thief due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, police said.</p>.<p>Police and security forces burst tear gas shells and resorted to lathi-charge after some personnel, including Additional Superintendent of Police Kulendra Nath Deka, sustained injuries in the stone-pelting, they said.</p>.<p>Tension erupted after rumours spread that a convict, nabbed by the people for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and Rs 25,000 in cash from a fire brigade personnel and handed over to the police on Thursday, died at a hospital due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, a police officer said.</p>.<p>The accused, on the other hand, was released after the police secured a bond from him, he said.</p>.<p>Some miscreants then instigated the public to lay siege to the fire station at Basic Road in Hailakandi town, the officer said.</p>.<p>Fire Station Officer Albert I Khobung claimed that fire brigade personnel were not involved in beating the accused and that an FIR will be lodged over the incident.</p>.<p>Four fire brigade personnel have been "picked up" for interrogation, the additional SP said.</p>.<p>An investigation is underway to identify those behind the incident, he said. </p>
<p>People laid siege to a fire station in Assam's Hailakandi district and pelted the police and security forces with stones on Saturday over rumours of the death of a suspected thief due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, police said.</p>.<p>Police and security forces burst tear gas shells and resorted to lathi-charge after some personnel, including Additional Superintendent of Police Kulendra Nath Deka, sustained injuries in the stone-pelting, they said.</p>.<p>Tension erupted after rumours spread that a convict, nabbed by the people for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and Rs 25,000 in cash from a fire brigade personnel and handed over to the police on Thursday, died at a hospital due to alleged torture by fire brigade personnel, a police officer said.</p>.<p>The accused, on the other hand, was released after the police secured a bond from him, he said.</p>.<p>Some miscreants then instigated the public to lay siege to the fire station at Basic Road in Hailakandi town, the officer said.</p>.<p>Fire Station Officer Albert I Khobung claimed that fire brigade personnel were not involved in beating the accused and that an FIR will be lodged over the incident.</p>.<p>Four fire brigade personnel have been "picked up" for interrogation, the additional SP said.</p>.<p>An investigation is underway to identify those behind the incident, he said. </p>