Tamil Nadu: CB-CID takes over another case of custodial torture, death in Thoothukudi

The state government on Tuesday informed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that the alleged custodial death of Mahendran, 28, has been handed over to CB-CID.

The state agency was also probing the custodial torture and death of father-son duo Jeyaraj and Bennix, before the case was handed over to the CBI on July 8. (File)

Even as the CBI investigates the custodial torture and death of a father and son at Sathankulam in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district, another such case involving a youth at the same police station has been handed over to the CB-CID.

The state government on Tuesday informed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that the alleged custodial death of Mahendran, 28, has been handed over to CB-CID. The state agency was also probing the custodial torture and death of father-son duo Jeyaraj and Bennix, before the case was handed over to the CBI on July 8.

The Indian Express on June 4 had reported that Mahendran, a mason, was taken into custody on May 23 after his brother Durai, a suspect in a murder case, went missing.

Mahendran’s mother S Vadivu told the Madras High Court in a complaint that her son was tortured on May 23 and 24 at Sathankulam police station and died on June 13 at Thoothukudi government hospital. He was bedridden, and suffered a stroke in the days that followed the alleged torture.

Her complaint had also mentioned the name of Sub-Inspector Raghu Ganesh — one of the key accused in the custodial torture and death of Jeyaraj and Bennix.

According to Vadivu’s complaint, Ganesh contacted the family after Mahendran’s death and insisted they refuse a post-mortem. The family was forced to obey him as they were threatened with many more false cases, the complaint said.

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