CHENNAI: Five cops including Anand, Siva, Prabhu, Manikandan and Kannan were arrested and remanded to judicial custody in connection with the alleged custodial death of a 27-year-old temple security guard Ajith Kumar at Thiruppuvanam in Sivaganga district after the investigation surrounding the death turned into a case of murder. In the wake of his death, six cops of a special team were suspended.
Meanwhile, families of those cops arrested thronged Thiruppuvanam police station and protested the arrest.
Moreover, video showing a cop beating the guard with a pipe repeatedly went viral on social media.
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court, while hearing plea filed by the AIADMK Advocates wing, sought a report from Thiruppuvanam Judicial Magistrate, who launched a probe, and postmortem report from the Dean of Madurai Medical College.