Jeyaraj and Benniks were arrested for keeping their mobile phone shop open 15 minutes beyond curfew.
Chennai:
In the custody death of a man and his son in Tamil Nadu in June, the CBI says it has been established that the two were tortured for over six hours by policemen. They were beaten so brutally that blood was splattered on the walls of the police station, forensic evidence reveals.
Jeyaraj and his son Benniks were arrested on June 19 for keeping their mobile phone shop open 15 minutes beyond curfew. After Jeyaraj was taken away by the police, his son, who reached the police station, was also arrested.
The CBI chargesheet says the two were subjected to “several rounds of brutal torture with intervals in between 7.45 pm and 3 am.”
The blunt injuries caused the death of Benniks, according to the post mortem report.
Policemen made Benniks clean the bloodstains in the police station using his vest.
The CBI has also said that a false FIR was registered against Benniks and Jeyaraj to cover up the crime. Investigations have revealed that the two didn’t violate lockdown guidelines.
The police destroyed the evidence and the bloodstained clothes of the father and son were thrown in a dustbin at a government hospital, the CBI says in its chargesheet.
