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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Thursday directed the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi, to contented its study successful the lawsuit of custodial decease of temple information defender B. Ajith Kumar successful Sivaganga territory successful 3 weeks and marque it disposable to the Central Bureau of Investigation truthful that the investigating bureau could record its last study successful 2 weeks thereafter.
A Division Bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and C. Kumarappan was told that the study issued by the CFSL, Hyderabad, had been received. Earlier, the CBI submitted that further probe successful the lawsuit would beryllium undertaken based connected the reports obtained from the laboratories successful New Delhi and Hyderabad.
The tribunal was proceeding nationalist involvement litigation petitions filed with respect to the custodial death. The petitioners had sought a absorption to the State authorities to supply capable compensation to the victim’s family, and instrumentality enactment against the erring constabulary officials. They had demanded a thorough probe either by the CBI oregon an SIT.
On June 27, Nikitha of Tirumangalam and her parent visited the Badrakali Amman Temple successful Madapuram. Nikitha reportedly handed implicit the car cardinal to Ajith Kumar and asked him to parkland the conveyance arsenic she had to assistance her parent who had trouble walking.
It is alleged that erstwhile Nikitha and her parent returned, they recovered their container successful the car unfastened and golden ornaments purportedly kept successful it missing. Ajith Kumar was picked up for interrogation. On June 28, helium died during the interrogation.
The State authorities transferred the probe successful the lawsuit and the alleged theft of jewellery linked to the lawsuit to the CBI.
The State authorities paid a compensation of Rs.7.5 lakh to the household of Ajith Kumar. Subsequently, an further compensation of Rs.25 lakh was handed implicit to the household successful accordance with the tribunal direction. Six constabulary unit — Prabhu, Kannan, Sankara Manikandan, Raja, Anand and Ramachandran person been arrested and remanded successful judicial custody successful transportation with the case. The tribunal posted the substance for proceeding to November 27.
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