TN deaths: Take control of police stn, Revenue Dept told

Chennai, June 29

The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench on Monday asked the Tuticorin District Collector to depute officials from the Revenue Department to take control of the Sathankulam police station.

The court also initiated criminal contempt case against three policemen as the Kovilpatti Judicial Magistrate had reported that the Tuticorin police were preventing him from carrying his inquiry in the custodial death of P Jeyaraj and J Bennicks.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Government passed an order transferring the probe into their death to the CBI.

Jeyaraj and and his son Bennicks had been booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19 by the Sathankulam Police. They were sent to judicial custody and lodged in Kovilpatti jail on June 21.

Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in the judicial custody, allegedly due to the police torture. — IANS