Tamil Nadu custodial deaths: Three more cops arrested by CB-CID

Balakrishnan and Murugan were arrested from Tirunelveli and inspector Sridhar was arrested at around 3.30 am from Gangaikondan check-post, one of the gateways of Tirunelveli districts. The arrests were made ahead of the hearing at the Madras high court today.

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Sub-inspector Raghu Ganesh. (Express photo)

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court, meanwhile, directed the state government to provide security and grant paid leave for the police eyewitness Revathy of Sathankulam police station.

The CB-CID team has booked six officers from Sathankulam police station.

Apart from sub-inspectors Ganesh and Balakrishnan, constables Maharajan, who allegedly made derogatory remarks at the judicial magistrate on Sunday, Sellathurai, Murugan and Muthuraj were named in the case.

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P Jeyaraj (62) was picked up by a police team from his shop on June 19. His son J Bennix (32), who went to the police station, was also taken into custody. According to the charges, both father and son were subjected to torture through the night before they were remanded in judicial custody on June 20.