Sivaganga 'Custodial Death': SP Suspends Six Police Personnel

Dept. claims death did not occur inside station; victim's kin say theft complaint false

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

A day after a temple security guard died allegedly while in police custody, Superintendent of Police Ashish Rawat on Sunday suspended six police personnel of a special team which had detained him in a theft case. District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate of Thirupuvanam R. Venkadesh Prasanth has also commenced his inquest.

Police sources claimed that the death did not occur inside the station but outside it. Thirupuvanam police have registered a case under Section 196 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

B. Ajithkumar (27) of Madapuram, near Thirupuvanam, who worked as a temporary security guard at the Madapuram Kaliamman Temple, which is managed by the HR and CE department, was detained by a special crime police team of Manamadurai sub-division in connection with a jewel missing case, based on a complaint from J. Nikita (42) of Thirumangalam.