DMK government transfers Sivaganga custodial death case to CBI
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin recommended the transfer of the Sivaganga lockup death case to CBI and promised that his government would extend full cooperation to the investigation by the central agency.
“I have ordered for the transfer of the investigation to the CBI, since allegations have been made against five police personnel and that there should not be any doubt about the probe.” The case was earlier handed over to the CBCID, the crime branch investigation wing of the Tamil Nadu police.
the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Tamil Nadu police during the hearing of the petitions seeking justice for the custodial death case of Ajith Kumar, a 27-year-old temple security guard from Thiruppuvanam near Sivaganga.
The lockup death of Ajith Kumar has triggered widespread protests and a huge public outrage across the state.
Ajith, who was apprehended by the Thiruppuvanam police on June 27 in an alleged jewellery theft case was brutally tortured and beaten to death by the local police.
Sources say that Ajith was apprehended on instructions from the police high command as the complainant was related to one of the top police officers.
Due to high pressure from the police high command, the cops had taken him to a secluded place, rather than the police station and was brutally attacked.
A video of Ajith being beaten with lathis by a group of cops has gone viral on social media.