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A 48-year-old man, who was admitted to a backstage de-addiction centre adjacent Tiruchi precocious and who was allegedly assaulted, died of his injuries astatine the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital present connected Monday.
Seven persons, including the managing manager of the centre, D. Manikandan, 50, person been arrested by the Somarasampet police.
A lawsuit nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), has been registered against the 7 accused.
The unfortunate was identified arsenic S. Vijayakumar of Pammal successful Kancheepuram district. The constabulary said Vijayakumar was admitted to the Jaithra Foundation Deaddiction-cum-Rehabilitation Centre astatine Adhavathur connected the outskirts of Tiruchi connected January 8 by his relatives.
Vijayakumar was addicted to intoxicant aft helium got separated from his woman Krishnaveni astir 5 years ago. As helium continued with his drinking habit, his relatives got him admitted to the de-addiction centre astatine Adhavathur. One of his adjacent relatives received accusation from the de-addiction centre connected the nighttime of January 10 that Vijayakumar had been admitted to the hospital.
Sources said Vijayakumar died connected Monday morning. An autopsy was conducted and the assemblage was handed implicit to his relatives.
Following his death, the constabulary took up investigation. It came to airy that Vijayakumar was allegedly abused and assaulted with sticks and pipes by a radical astatine the centre during treatment.
S. Manimaran, 29, warden of the centre, M. Periyasamy, 34, M. Krishnamurthy, 30, C. Arivumani, 45, M. Abhishek, 27, and P. Suryaprakash, 28, each patients astatine the centre, were arrested successful transportation with the crime.
The centre was sealed connected Monday connected the bid of Tiruchi District Collector V. Saravanan. The different 24 patients astatine the centre were shifted to the authorities infirmary successful Tiruchi for the clip being.
IGP’s fiat to SPs
V. Balakrishnan, Inspector-General of Police, Central Zone, told The Hindu that he had instructed the Superintendent of Police of each districts successful the portion to database the de-addiction centres successful their jurisdiction and cheque whether they had a valid licence.
Instructions were besides fixed to the SPs to find retired if the methods utilized for treating the patients astatine the centres were successful compliance with the law.
