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Dindigul has most drowning deaths in south Tamil Nadu

MADURAI: With nearly 315 of instances of drowning deaths reported between 2022 and 2024, Dindigul accounted for the highest number of such cases among the 10 districts in southern Tamil Nadu, according to data from the police department. Of the total 1,948 drowning deaths in the past three years, 280 deaths were reported in Thoothukudi, followed by 254 in Kanniyakumari, …

Continued heavy rainfall in southern Tamil Nadu has resulted in three confirmed deaths and three more feared dead. Defence personnel initiate helicopter rescue for stranded train passengers In a swift response to the flood crisis in southern Tamil Nadu, defence personnel have commenced helicopter rescue operations to aid stranded train passengers, as reported by the Southern Railway. Southern Tamil Nadu …

My husband’s and son’s deaths should be the last: Selvarani on Thoothukudi custodial deaths trial

The trial in the June custodial deaths of father and son, P Jeyaraj and J Bennicks, at Sathankulam in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district, took place on Wednesday at the Madurai sessions court. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which has been probing the case since July after taking over from Tamil Nadu Police’s Crime-Branch Crime Investigation Department, has chargesheeted nine policemen …

Thoothukudi custodial deaths: CBI charge sheet details six hours of inhumane torture

The Central Bureau of Investigation’s charge sheet in the alleged custodial deaths of P Jeyaraj and J Bennicks details the inhumane six- hour torture of the father and son allegedly by nine police officers at Sathankulam police station in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. The charge sheet, filed on September 25 against the nine police officers, said that after Jeyaraj, 59, was …

Months after the custodial deaths of father-son duo Jayaraj P and Bennicks J in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi, another shocking incident of alleged assault by police officers in Sathankulam station has emerged. A resident of Sathankulam, identified as Martin, has alleged that he was thrashed and subsequently taken to the police station by Inspector Xavier and Assistant Inspector Raja on August …

Why custodial deaths often go unpunished | Opinion

Sattankulam custodial deaths | Murder case filed, sub-inspector arrested

Within hours of commencing investigation, sleuths of the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department on Wednesday arrested one of the sub-inspectors of police, Raghu Ganesh, after altering the case of custodial death of trader Jayaraj and his son Benicks into a murder case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Sattankulam custodial deaths | Madras High Court finds prima facie material …

Tamil Nadu custodial deaths: NHRC issues notices to state DGP, Thoothukudi SP, seeks report within six weeks

Amid continuing outrage over the custodial deaths of traders Jayaraj and his son Benicks, the Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Arun Balagopalan on Monday ordered the en masse transfer of all uniformed personnel at the Sattankulam police station where the two were allegedly tortured. The decision came on a day the Principal District and Sessions Judge informed the Madras High Court …

DMK leader Kanimozhi asks NHRC to take necessary action against officials responsible for Thoothukudi deaths

Kanimozhi also met the kin of deceased in Thoothukudi and handed over a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, a letter from DMK chief MK Stalin and assured complete support. Thoothukudi: DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has written to the National Human Rights Commission over the alleged custodial deaths of a man and his son who were arrested for allegedly violating lockdown …

Madras HC Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Custodial Deaths Of Father-Son In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi District [Read Order]

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate to conduct an enquiry into the alleged custodial deaths of a father-son duo who were lodged in Sub Jail, Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu. Taking notice of the matter, the division bench had ordered the Ordered the Tamil Nadu Police to submit a report …

Custodial Deaths

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday initiated suo motu proceedings in connection with the custodial deaths of two traders — P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks — at Sattankulam in Thoothukudi district. Prakash and B. Pugalendhi directed Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Arun Balagopalan to file a status report on the case on June 26. The …