Guwahati, Sep 29 (TIWN) A man has died in Assam's Sivasagar district while he was trying to evade arrest, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident happened on Tuesday in the Gouribazar area of the district. The deceased has been identified as Babu Gowala.  According to police, he was accused of stealing motorcycles, and while he was being questioned by the police, Gowala jumped into a pond and sustained severe injuries.  He was immediately rescued by the police from the pond and rushed to the nearby hospital. The doctors, however, declared him dead. The body was later sent for an autopsy.  Police said in a CCTV footage it was seen that Babu was stealing a bike that was parked near a shop in the Gouribazar market area.  Meanwhile, the deceased's wife said: "The police came to our house at night and started banging at our door and asked for my husband. We mistook them as child lifters and hence took our children with us and tried to hide at the backyard of our house. Later, the police personnel said that they have come to enquire about a stolen bike."