Printed on: Aug 21, 2025 07:40 am IST
A bench of justices SM Subramaniam and G Arul Murugan requested the CBI to file a standing report on September 24
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) knowledgeable the Madurai bench of the Madras excessive court docket on Wednesday that it has filed a cost sheet within the case of the custodial dying of a temple guard, Ajith Kumar in Sivaganga district on June 29.
The cost sheet was filed earlier than the chief judicial Justice of the Peace of Madurai, officers submitted to the court docket. A bench of justices SM Subramaniam and G Arul Murugan requested the CBI to file a standing report on September 24. Particulars of the contents of the chargesheet and who has been named are but to be revealed within the case that induced a political furore within the state.
5 policemen (S Raja, A Anand, S Sankaramanikandan, G Praphu and G Kannan) have been suspended over the dying of the safety guard and have been subsequently arrested quickly after the authorities obtained the autopsy report. It confirmed that the temple guard had suffered a number of accidents, together with contusion to his head and chest.
Police picked up Kumar for questioning on June 27 after a girl filed a criticism, saying 10 sovereigns of gold jewelry saved in a bag went lacking after she gave her keys to Kumar to park her automobile close to the Madapuram Bhadrakali Amman temple. The sufferer’s brother Naveen Kumar alleged that police beat them whereas transporting them to totally different locations. Ajith was declared lifeless after he was taken to a hospital on June 29, after complaining of discomfort.
An eyewitness added to allegations of police brutality. A 31-second video on Tuesday emerged on social media of Ajith Kumar kneeling on the ground within the temple premises and being overwhelmed with a stick by a policeman in plainclothes.
The division bench had earlier come down closely on the state authorities for the police brutality saying the motion taken thus far was not commensurate with the gravity of the incident.