The CBI said that it had investigated over 45 people and it was found that the father and son were booked under false grounds and it couldn't have happened without the knowledge of Sridhar.
The family moved the official complaint to Thoothukudi district collector Sandeep Nanduri. The collector had issued a directive to the district revenue officer to probe the matter.
Pauldurai was the Special Sub Inspector attached to the Sathankulam police station. He had been remanded under the judicial custody and lodged at the Madurai Central prison
This new clip has apparently ruled out such assertions from the government and revealed that Jayaraj and Bennicks were tortured under the police custody.
On the other hand, suspended and arrested Inspector of Sathankulam Sridhar, who was one of the prime accused in the case of beating and torturing the father and son duo in the prison, had been taken to the hospital.
The Andhra Pradesh government has launched the probe into the death of the Dalit man. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy said that Rs 10 lakh will be provided to the family of the deceased as a solatium.
Mahendran has died on June 13 - ten days before the death of Jayaraj and Bennicks, due to the police brutality he faced after taken into the illegal custody.
The CBI has pitched in for the probe as per the direction of the Central government which ordered the Central agency to probe the matter based on the request moved by the Tamil Nadu state government.
The development of suspending five officers has come when the probe of the custodial deaths has been taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
