New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday issued a notification to enquire into the controversial custodial death of a father-son duo in Sathankulam police station at Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukkudi district.
The federal agency has taken up the case following the request of the Tamil Nadu Government.
P Jeyaraj and J Fenix (Bennicks) died after Sathankulam police took them to the Police Station as the duo allegedly opened their mobile shop after the permissible time during the lockdown.
As both died one after another while they were remanded in a prison, the matter went viral on social networks. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and other celebrities across the globe had demanded justice for Jeyaraj and Fenix death.
The Madras High Court’s Madurai bench had taken suo-moto cognisance in this matter and ordered a detailed probe.
As the allegations were against the TN police, oppositions including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) demanded the government to assign CBI to investigate the murder.
