Take over Tamil Nadu police station, HC tells Revenue Department

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.

Edit: Institutionalised brutality

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.

The TN Government passed an order transferring the probe into their death to the CBI. Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in custody. — IANS