US EditionNine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killings
The court said the officers brutally tortured the father and son, and ordered ₹1.40 crore in compensation to their families.
- Nine police officers in India have been sentenced to death over the 2020 custodial deaths of a father and son.
- P Jeyaraj, 58, and his son Benicks, 38, died in jail in Tamil Nadu days after being detained for allegedly keeping their mobile phone shop open in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules.
- The judge stated that the two men were stripped and brutally assaulted in front of each other, describing the case as a clear abuse of authority.
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India: Death penalty for nine police officers will not end custodial torture in India
Responding to the sentencing of nine police officers to death by the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai for the 2020 custodial torture and killing of P. Jayaraj and P. Bennix, Aakar Patel, Amnesty International India’s Chair of Board, said: “The court verdict marks a rare moment of accountability in India’s long struggle against police torture. The verdict acknowledges the brutality of […]
The story of Jeyaraj and his son Benniks - killed in 2020 during the Covid emergency for a (false) breach of lockdown - has become a symbol of the arbitrary violence suffered by people in custody in India. Fr.Devasagaya to AsiaNews: "We are opposed to the death sentence, but it is important that a court has recognized the agents as guilty. Now guidelines to protect the accused" .
Nine policemen in India sentenced to death after father-son die in custody for supposed breach of Covid rules
NEW DELHI, April 7 —An Indian court has sentenced nine policemen to death for the torture and killing of a father and son in 2020 who were detained for allegedly breaching Covid lockdown rules.The additional district judge in Madurai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, found the officers guilty in the custodial deaths of trader Jeyaraj, 59, and his son Benniks, 31, according to a statement by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today.“Th…
Tamil Nadu: Congress Chief Selvaperunthagai Asks EPS to Apologise for Sathankulam Custodial Death Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Tamil Nadu Congress President K Selvaperunthagai welcomed the Madurai District Court's verdict, pronouncing the death penalty in the Sathankulam custodial death case, stating that justice was achieved through the CBI probe and DMK government's cooperation. India News | Tamil Nadu: Congress Chief Selvaperunthagai Asks EPS to Apologise for Sathankulam Custodial Death Case.
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