Tuticorin Deaths In Police Custody

Two officers of a CBI team probing alleged extrajudicial killing of a man and his son by Tamil Nadu police personnel in Tuticorin have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.

The CBI, which is probing the death of a father-son duo in alleged police torture in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, moved a local court on Monday seeking custody of five accused policemen including an inspector.

A radio jockey who's social media post with graphic details of police torture on the recent Tuticorin custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu triggered national outrage has deleted her post after it reached lakhs of people. She said she was asked to do so by the state police which probed the case till it was taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Five more police personnel, including a Sub-Inspector, were arrested in the Tuticorin custodial deaths case on Wednesday.

The CBI has taken over investigations into the gruesome killing of a father-son duo after alleged torture by police personnel at Sathankulam Police Station in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, officials said on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a head constable in connection with the death of a man and his son due to alleged torture in police custody in Tuticorin.

A police constable wanted in connection with the case of custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Tuticorin, was arrested on Friday, police said.

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court today ordered the police to give a paid leave to the female police officer who is an eyewitness in the Tuticorin custodial father-son death case.

Four Tamil Nadu policemen have been arrested in the custodial deaths of two men in the town of Tuticorin - a father and son allegedly tortured by cops after keeping their shop open 15 minutes longer than allowed amid the coronavirus lockdown.

In a major reshuffle, 39 senior police officers in Tamil Nadu were transferred on Tuesday. While four cities have got new police chiefs, fresh postings have also been given to two senior policemen, who were put on "compulsory wait" by the Madras High Court on Tuesday for trying to block investigations into the deaths of a father and son in Tuticori...

The Superintendent of Police of Tuticorin, where a father-son duo died after being allegedly thrashed by the police last week, was on Tuesday transferred out of the district and placed under "compulsory wait" by the Tamil Nadu government.

Amid outrage over the deaths in custody of a man and his son arrested in Tamil Nadu earlier this month for keeping their shop open beyond curfew during the coronavirus lockdown, the police chief of Tuticorin has been replaced and three policemen may face murder charges.

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has demanded Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami file murder charges against those accused in the custodial deaths of two men in the town of Tuticorin

Over a week after a man and his son died in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in police custody amid allegations of brutality, raising national outrage and a huge political row, the family of a 30-year-old man in southern Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi district has alleged that he died after he faced police brutality last month.

Tamil Nadu's decision to ask the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to probe the deaths of a man and his son in Tuticorin in police custody amid allegations of brutality won't ensure speedy justice, activists have said.

Two officers of a CBI team probing alleged extrajudicial killing of a man and his son by Tamil Nadu police personnel in Tuticorin have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.

The CBI, which is probing the death of a father-son duo in alleged police torture in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, moved a local court on Monday seeking custody of five accused policemen including an inspector.

A radio jockey who's social media post with graphic details of police torture on the recent Tuticorin custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu triggered national outrage has deleted her post after it reached lakhs of people. She said she was asked to do so by the state police which probed the case till it was taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Five more police personnel, including a Sub-Inspector, were arrested in the Tuticorin custodial deaths case on Wednesday.

The CBI has taken over investigations into the gruesome killing of a father-son duo after alleged torture by police personnel at Sathankulam Police Station in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, officials said on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a head constable in connection with the death of a man and his son due to alleged torture in police custody in Tuticorin.

A police constable wanted in connection with the case of custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Tuticorin, was arrested on Friday, police said.

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court today ordered the police to give a paid leave to the female police officer who is an eyewitness in the Tuticorin custodial father-son death case.

Four Tamil Nadu policemen have been arrested in the custodial deaths of two men in the town of Tuticorin - a father and son allegedly tortured by cops after keeping their shop open 15 minutes longer than allowed amid the coronavirus lockdown.

In a major reshuffle, 39 senior police officers in Tamil Nadu were transferred on Tuesday. While four cities have got new police chiefs, fresh postings have also been given to two senior policemen, who were put on "compulsory wait" by the Madras High Court on Tuesday for trying to block investigations into the deaths of a father and son in Tuticori...

The Superintendent of Police of Tuticorin, where a father-son duo died after being allegedly thrashed by the police last week, was on Tuesday transferred out of the district and placed under "compulsory wait" by the Tamil Nadu government.

Amid outrage over the deaths in custody of a man and his son arrested in Tamil Nadu earlier this month for keeping their shop open beyond curfew during the coronavirus lockdown, the police chief of Tuticorin has been replaced and three policemen may face murder charges.

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has demanded Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami file murder charges against those accused in the custodial deaths of two men in the town of Tuticorin

Over a week after a man and his son died in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in police custody amid allegations of brutality, raising national outrage and a huge political row, the family of a 30-year-old man in southern Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi district has alleged that he died after he faced police brutality last month.

Tamil Nadu's decision to ask the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to probe the deaths of a man and his son in Tuticorin in police custody amid allegations of brutality won't ensure speedy justice, activists have said.