#Policebrutality and impunity in India: TW
P Jayaraj & his son Bennix were arrested for violating #lockdown rules. They were brutally tortured & killed in police custody. The details of their torture are horrifying.
P Jayaraj & his son Bennix were arrested for violating #lockdown rules. They were brutally tortured & killed in police custody. The details of their torture are horrifying.
This was followed by FIR cover up, doctor's deliberate suppression of health condition, and magistrate B Saravanan's remand orders without physically seeing the Jayaraj and Fenix.
"More than 1,000 people of Sathankulam town in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district...all trade union bodies, various political outfits, activists, and the local public staged protests in various parts of the town."
indianexpress.com/article/cities…
#JUSTICEFORJAYARAJANDBENNIX
indianexpress.com/article/cities…
#JUSTICEFORJAYARAJANDBENNIX
"1. Why did the police take Jayaraj and Bennix to the prison in Kovilpatti when there is a district jail in Perurani, closer to Sathankulam?
2. What happened on the night of June 19 at the Sathankulam police station?
2. What happened on the night of June 19 at the Sathankulam police station?
3. What is the exact nature of the inquiry against the accused policemen? Who is to conduct the inquiry? Where were the officers questioned and by whom were they questioned?
4. How did the magistrate approve their remand?"
4. How did the magistrate approve their remand?"
"Custodial deaths are the norm not the exception":
