THOOTHUKUDI: The CB-CID sleuths, late Wednesday night, arrested five more police personnel, including a Special Sub-Inspector (SSI) in connection to the deaths of traders P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks while in custody.
The arrests come even as the CBI has registered two cases and a team is set to visit Thoothukudi and take over the investigation. With this, as many as 10 police personnel have been arrested in connection with the deaths.
According to IG (CB-CID) K Shankar, the five cops arrested on Wednesday are SSI Paldurai, head constable Samadurai, constables Vail Muthu, Chelladurai and Thomas. Shankar said that the accused had held down the victims while they were being beaten at the Sathankulam police station on June 19. They have been booked under Sections 302, 201, 342 r/w 107 of the IPC.
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All five of the cops were questioned through the day before being arrested late in the night. They were taken to Thoothukudi medical college hospital and are being produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Thoothukudi court campus for remand.
Earlier CB-CID arrested inspector Srithar, sub-inspectors P Ragu Ganesh and Balakrishnan, head constable M Muthuraj and constable S Murugan. They were imprisoned at district prison at Perurani, and later shifted to Madurai central prison.
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