Jayaraj and Fenix Issue😥
Political uproar over custody death of father, son in Tamil Nadu
A 60-year-old timber trader Jayaraj and his son Fenix (30) were detained by the police in Thoothukudi on Monday night following an argument over keeping a mobile phone shop, owned by Fenix, open beyond the permitted hours during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. It is alleged the police manhandled Jayaraj prompting his son to intervene. Thereafter the father and son were taken to the Sattankulam police station, where they were allegedly beaten up by Balakrishnan and Pauldurai, both Sub-Inspectors. “The police inserted a lathi into Fenix’ anus leading to severe bleeding," alleged one of the demonstrators, who claimed to be an eyewitness to the incident.
Subsequently, both ere remanded in the Kovilpatti Sub-Jail. However, within a few hours of being taken to cells, Fenix complained of uneasiness and was rushed to a hospital where he died. A few hours later his father too died.
Following an outrage, the two sub-inspectors were suspended. Thoothukudi Collector Sandeep Naduri said based on the post-mortem report, action against the accused police personnel would be taken.
Shocking Complaint Letter Of Fenix’s Mother !!
The police officers visited the shop again on Saturday and had an argument in front of the public with the father and son duo. As soon as Fenix intervened the argument, police officials arrested both of them and booked cases under several sections of the Indian Penal Code against them. In her complaint letter, Selvarani jayakumar, mother Fenix has narrated the complete detail to the department of criminal justice.
Her complaint letter read “On 20th of June, around 6 : 30 PM, When my
husband was in our shop, Sub inspector Bala krishnan and constable
Jesuraj pulled his shirt collar shouting “Elei Thevdiya Mavane, Ne enna
sunniya. .” and pulled him out of the shop. When my son and his friends
asked why they are pulling his father out, the police officers asked him
to come to the police station. Inspector Sridhar who was standing at
the entrance of the police station, slapped my husband Jayaraj and said
“Pundamavane, Police-ah ethirtha pesura”. When my son asked them not to
hurt him as he was a patient, Inspector Sridhar asked the other police
to beat my son along with my husband. Inspector Sridhar ordered the
police officers and volunteers to break my son’s leg. They made him
stand against the wall and beaten him in the backside. His skin torn and
blood leaked but they didn’t stop. When my husband raised voice against
it, he got beaten in the same way by the same officers. My husband and
son were locked up together without clothes”
“Around 11 : 30 PM, sub-inspector Raghu Ganesh came to the station and said “Enga antha Punda makkal, elei nan yaar theryuma Komban, Komban kambu edutha kundi kari pinji odum” and beaten my husband and son till 1 : 30 PM. When I went to the station that night, my husband and son were locked up with severe injuries. When I inquired the people there, they asked me to face the case in court. After getting medical certificate, they produced my son and husband to the magistrate and locked them up in Kovil-patti sub jail. Yesterday night, I got the news that my son died in the jail. Today morning, my husband also died” her complaint further read.
Fenix was about to get married in two months and he was the only son of the family. At the hospital, doctor who checked the father and son duo, refused to give fitness certificate as their blood pressure was very high, said Manimaran, an advocate who accompanied the duo during the medical check up at 7 : 05 AM. “The blood pressures of the father and son were 192 and 184 respectively” he said.
The inspector of Sathankulam police station Sridhar asked the doctors to give a fake certificate on their fitness level. After receiving the certificate, the police took the duo on the same car to Judicial P Saravanan’s house. This incident created huge outrage among the people of Tamilnadu who are seeking highest possible punishment for the police officials. Shops around Sathankulam were closed condemning the act.
Fenix’s elder sister Perisis, after seeing the bodies on the night June 24, has said “Munnadiyum Pinnadiyum onnume illa” (There was nothing left on the front and rear of the bodies) to the reporters in Tuticorin. All the police officers of the Sathankulam station were transferred and sources reported that the police have kept Inspector Sridhar in compulsory wait.
IN TAMIL👇
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