The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against nine former Tamil Nadu Police officials in connection with two cases it registered over the custodial deaths of father-son duo P. Jeyaraj and J. Benniks.
A charge sheet has been filed against 9 then police officials namely — S. Sridhar, then Inspector and SHO, K. Balakrishnan, then SI, P. Raghuganesh, then SI, AS. Murugan, then HC, A. Samadurai, then HC, AM. Muthuraja, then Constable, S. Chelladurai, then Constable, X, a CBI spokesperson said.
Thomas Francis, then Constable and S. Veilumuthu, then Constable — all of Sathankulam Police Station in Tamil Nadu. He said that the agency filed the chargesheet in a Madurai court under several sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The CBI registered two cases on July 7 related to the allegations of custodial death of the father-son duo of traders…