Tuticorin cops took another 28-year-old weeks before Jayaraj-Beniks, he returned with brain damage, died

Chennai | Saturday | 4th July, 2020

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Chennai: Just days after the deaths of Jayaraj and Beniks in police custody, yet another case of police brutality comes to light from Tuticorin district which involves the same officials who were involved in the killings of the father-son duo.

A 28-year-old man named Mahendran was forcefully taken by Sathankulam Sub Inspector Raghu Ganesh and his team from the residence of his maternal grandmother in the wee hours of May 23.

What was his mistake? Mahendran’s elder brother Durai, 35, was one of the nine suspects in a murder case and was not found.

Raghu Ganesh and his team took Mahendran into custody to get to Durai.

TAKEN FROM HOME WITHOUT WARRANT

Perumal, Mahendran’s maternal uncle said, “They had removed the number plate in the front and back of the car they came in, Raghu Ganesh had a gun with him and was in mufti.

They caught Mahendran and said only after your brother surrenders will you be released and they took him from his grandmother’s place.

They released him only the following night.