Tamil Nadu custodial death: Murder charges included, five policemen arrested
Chennai(PTI): Five policemen have been arrested in connection with a custodial death in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district, police said.
An official release late on Monday said that six personnel had been placed under suspension on June 28.
A due probe was launched into the matter and following the post-mortem report received last night, the next course of action was initiated "without any delay", it said.
Subsequently, murder charges were invoked and "five policemen involved in the matter have been arrested," it said. A judicial enquiry has been ordered into the matter.
The state police has worked in a "just, transparent and unbiased" manner as regards this "unfortunate incident," it said.
In the past five years, there has been a significant dip in custodial deaths in the state and whenever such incidents happen, appropriate action has been taken by the police department, the release added.
The victim, security guard Ajithkumar of Tiruppuvanam in Sivaganga, was picked up by the local police in connection with a case earlier. The custodial death had sparked an outrage, with political parties slamming the government over the issue.
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Kodagu: 7-year-old student killed in fire accident at residential school
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Madikeri (Karnataka) (PTI): A seven-year-old student was killed in a fire accident that occurred at a residential school in Kodagu district on Thursday, police said.
The fire broke out at Har Mandir School near here in the wee hours, and the rest of the 29 students staying in the residential school were saved, they added.
The victim has been identified as Pushpak (7), a Class Two student from Chettimani village in Madikeri taluk. Firefighters from the Madikeri Fire Station, along with local residents, worked together to douse the flames. The cause of the fire is believed to be a short circuit.
"There were 29 students in this residential school. All others are safe except for this boy. Investigations are on to ascertain the cause of the fire, though preliminarily it seems that a short circuit was the reason behind the fire," a police officer told PTI.
Senior police officers and Fire Brigade staff visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
