SSI Pauldurai was one of the 10 policemen arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture of P Jeyaraj and his son Bennicks which had caused nationwide outrage.
The five included an inspector, two sub-inspectors and constables. A total of 10 policemen were arrested by the CB-CID, before the CBI took over the probe.
The CBI has dispatched a special team to conduct the probe in which several Tamil Nadu Police personnel are under the scanner, while 5 personnel have already been arrested.
Jayaraj and Bennix would be alive today had the magistrate applied his mind and not acted mechanically while accepting the Tamil Nadu Police’s plea for remand.
The HC expressed fear that evidence could disappear by the time CBI took over Jayaraj-Bennix case, the father-son duo who died allegedly due to police torture.
Tiruchirappalli DIG Balakrishnan says policemen on the list have been reported for poor anger management, using offensive language with the public, and use of force.
Most Indians’ concept of justice involves violence. The common desire for the police to teach criminals a lesson feeds into acts of brutality seen in Tamil Nadu.
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