Sivaganga custodial death case: Madras High Court directs CBI to complete probe, file final report by August 20

TN: Madras HC directs CBI to complete probe in temple guard custodial death case by Aug 20

Tamil Nadu: Madras HC Directs CBI To File Probe Report In Sivaganga Custodial Death Case By 20 August

Sivaganga custodial death case: Madras High Court directs CBI to complete probe, file final report by August 20

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation to appoint an investigating officer (IO), along with a team of officials, in one week to investigate the recent custodial death of B. Ajith Kumar, a temple security guard, in Sivaganga district. The IO must complete the probe and file the final report before the jurisdictional court by August 20.

CBI registers case in custodial death of temple guard in TN’s Sivaganga

Chennai, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against police personnel of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu in connection with the "custodial" death of a private security guard employed at the Madapuram Temple in Thiruppuvanam. The CBI has taken over the case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which deals with offences relating to custodial violence and deaths. On June 28, A…

No FIR, no custody, no supervision: What Ajith Kumar’s death tells about Tamil Nadu’s unevolved policing system?

Last year, the Tamil Nadu police flexed their muscle about the highest number of convictions in 12 years, 150 “goons” brought to justice. Yet, somehow no single accused police personnel, “the goons in uniform”, of the 24 custodial death cases reported between 2022-2025 have been convicted. At most, lower-ranking personnel are arrested; higher-ups are quietly suspended, if that. On 28 June, 2025 Tamil Nadu lost its 25th “common man” to police bru…

"Injustice continues under DMK": BJP's SG Suryah slams MK Stalin govt over alleged custodial death

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Secretary SG Suryah on Thursday lashed out at the MK Stalin government in the state over an alleged custodial death, and said that the "injustice continues under the DMK rule". "Another Lock Up death? Injustice continues under DMK rule," Suryah posted on X. Re