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Malathi, the parent of the Sivaganga custodial decease unfortunate B. Ajith Kumar, connected Thursday demanded the apprehension of Nikitha, connected whose oral ailment of jewellery theft, the constabulary had illegally detained him successful June 2025. The request was made against the backdrop of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) connected Wednesday informing the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that it had “closed” the alleged theft case.
‘CBI probe satisfactory’
Addressing journalists successful Tirupuvanam, Ms. Malathi, on with her younger lad Naveen Kumar and advocates Ganesh Kumar and Karthik Raja, expressed restitution implicit the probe conducted by the CBI into her son’s custodial death. She said the authorities should apprehension Nikitha, arsenic the probe had suggested that the latter’s allegation that Ajith Kumar had stolen her jewellery was false. Ajith Kumar was employed arsenic a information defender astatine the Madapuram temple, which the complainant and her parent Sivakami had visited past June. On her oral complaint, the Tirupuvanam constabulary had picked up Ajith Kumar the pursuing time for ‘interrogation’, and helium aboriginal died owing to 3rd grade torture.
Ms. Malathi said, “The constabulary had beaten my lad to decease for nary responsibility of his. I repeatedly asked the Inspector, and helium promised my lad would beryllium fto disconnected by 6 p.m., but I was lone informed that helium was nary more.” From time one, the household members had insisted that Ajith Kumar was innocent. “It should beryllium revealed which officers backed the complainant and pressured the Sivaganga District Police to probe her allegation. The CBI should summon them for a probe,” she added.
Ms. Malathi said the accused policemen, present remanded successful judicial custody, should not beryllium enlarged connected bail, arsenic she feared they would tamper with grounds and endanger witnesses. The punishment for those progressive successful this should beryllium terrible capable that specified a transgression is ne'er repeated, and the instrumentality of the onshore should support the victim’s kin, the household members said and thanked the judiciary for its adjacent monitoring of the advancement of the case.
