A family in Jomvu, Mombasa county is demanding for justice following the mysterious death of their kin who was allegedly under police custody at the Mikindani police cell on Monday.

According to the family of Andrew Musakhale police continued to detain their kin even after he had complained about being sick.

It is reported that Andrew had been detained after failing to clear a debt of Sh 57,000 he had borrowed a friend.

His brother Billy Musakhale, claims that his deceased brother had a complication of high blood pressure and may have succumbed to the health complications. The family resides at Kwa Jomvu Mikanjuni Village.

The family now wants an explanation about what transpired arguing that police in had not booked him in the police Obstract book (OB )even after he had been arrested and taken to the police cell.

"I received a call from my another elder brother on Monday 7 pm night  who informed me that our brother who had been arrested and detained in a police cell is no more, I was shocked because it was not our expectation that one can die when in the hands of police," said Billy.

His brother claims that the people who took him to police did so with total disregard of his health condition and is now reading mischief following contradictory information from police.

"My father called me at around 12 noon and asked me to come and rescue him because he was detained at Mikindani crime cell, he told me some people have beaten him for failing to pay back a debt of Sh 57,000 he had borrowed and later called police to come and arrest him ",said Amal  Ndoro daughter to the diseased.

According to Ndoro, the police ignored the plight of his father even after severally pleading with them to betaken to hospital after his health condition deteriorated while in the Mikindani police cell.

"I pleaded with the police to remove my dad from the cell because he had called me asking for my help, but the police declined, if they listened to me, my dad could not have died, what we are asking is the government to investigate and the right of my father to be realised,"said Amal.

The move attracted condemnation from human rights groups led by Haki Africa rapid response officer Alexander Bella,who are now demanding action on the officers who went to arrest a sick person.

The human rights organization wants action taken to those who arrested the sick man, and those who detained him even after decrying for help following his deteriorating heath condition.

"This is a civil case ,we wonder why police went arrested him and placed him in a cell while he complained of being sick, we have engaged IPOA to intervene," said Bella.

The late was once a producer who produced several movies in Mombasa and by the time of his death he was a businessman and had four children.

The family is awaiting a postmortem report which was done at the Coast provincial General  and referral hospital CPGTRH.