Investigation launched into death of Pakistani national in Athens police custody

A preliminary investigation is underway by the Agios Panteleimonas Security Department concerning the death on September 21 of a 37-year-old Pakistani national, Muhammad Kamran Ashiq, inside the police station of the central Athens neighborhood. 

The official autopsy report lists the cause of death as "undetermined," noting "prior beating" and pending results from additional laboratory tests. The body exhibited extensive bruising.

Family lawyer Maria Sfetsou tells Kathimerini that Ashiq likely died from an ischemic episode resulting from the beating, but further tests are necessary to confirm this. She plans to request that the investigation be transferred to another authority, citing concerns about a potential conflict of interest since the current probe is being conducted by the same department located within the police station where the incident occurred.