Sathankulam Police Killed Father And Son
A policeman in tamil nadu accused in the custodial deaths of a father and son in tuticorin district in june died of covid 19 on monday.
Sathankulam police killed father and son. Tamil nadu custodial deaths. Pauldurai 56 was a special sub inspector and one of the. Pauldurai was arrested along with 10 other accused policemen for their involvement in the alleged custodial torture and death of the father son. Father son duo jayarajan 58 and bennix 31 were traders in sathankulam town running a woodwork shop.
The death of a father and son due to alleged custodial torture in sathankulam town near thoothukudi in tamil nadu has sparked rage across the state. Special sub inspector of police pauldurai who was arrested in connection with the sathankulam custodial death case died of covid 19 at a government hospital in madurai in the wee hours of monday august 8. Shops in the district remained closed on wednesday to protest the alleged custodial death of the two traders in sathankulam police station even as a judicial probe has been ordered into the matter. In a statement stalin said mobile phone shop owner bennix of sathankulam and his father jayaraj district on monday after being picked up police for violating lockdown rules and keeping the shop open till late on june 19.
Jayaraj 55 and his son bennix 31 were running a cell phone shop at sathankulam. The death of a father son duo allegedly in police custody in this district has caused a furore with the madras high court seeking a report on the matter. Deaths of father son duo spark tension in tamil nadu s tuticorin. They had been arrested by the police on june 19 for reportedly keeping their shop open for an.
Superintendent of police arun balagopalan said the son who had heart ailments developed breathing problems in the jail and got admitted to the kovilpatti government hospital where he died. The bodies of the sathankulam merchants who were killed in the police station were handed over to their relatives. A special sub inspector one of the 10 police personnel arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture and subsequent death of a father son duo and undergoing treatment for covid 19 died here on monday police said. Tension gripped across the district on tuesday after a 63 year old father and his 31 year old son belonging to sathankulam were allegedly killed in police custody.
Ssi pauldurai 56 breathed his last at the government rajaji hospital grh here early today. Kin of the deceased.