3 accused cops taken to Sathankulam

Tuticorin: Former Sathankulam police constables Samidurai, Chelladurai and Vail Muthu, who were taken under custody by the CBI for three days from Monday evening, were taken to the Sathankulam police station for inquiry on Tuesday afternoon. The CBI team also went to the house of victims Jeyaraj and Beniks in Sathankulam and conducted inquiries with their kin including Jayasingh and David, Beniks’ uncles.

Former woman police personnel, who had worked in the station, were among those who were questioned at the station. The probe went on for nearly five hours till around 6.30 pm, after which the team returned to Madurai with the three constables.

Meanwhile, talking to reporters in Tirunelveli on Tuesday, chairman of the state minorities commission, T John Mahendran said that the commission has sent a notice to the Tuticorin district collector and the deputy inspector general of police for Tirunelveli range asking for an explanation on the custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and Beniks.