Tamil Nadu custodial dying: CBI to probe Ajith Kumar case; postmortem showed 44 accidents, internal bleeding | Chennai News

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the alleged custodial dying of 27-year-old Ajith Kumar, a temple guard from Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, officers mentioned on Saturday. The CBI registered a case on July 12 in opposition to unidentified police personnel from Sivagangai, days after the Tamil Nadu authorities transferred the investigation to the company. According to officers, the case has been registered below Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which pertains to inflicting dying by negligence of a public servant.

Autopsy confirms a number of accidents, indicators of torture

Earlier this month, a postmortem report performed by forensic consultants at Madurai Medical College confirmed that Ajith Kumar had suffered a number of exterior and internal accidents, strongly suggesting custodial torture. Externally, the report described abrasions and scabs on his brow, face, limbs, and torso. Internally, petechial haemorrhages have been present in each parietal lobes of the mind, indicating head trauma, together with bleeding close to the center and belly area. The report documented 44 separate damage factors, together with linear contusions on his shoulders, arms, chest, again, stomach, thighs, legs, arms, and ft. Most of those have been parallel, overlapping, and showed central pale zones, which forensic consultants mentioned have been in step with repeated beatings utilizing a blunt object. Bloodstains have been additionally discovered round each ears, and brownish fluid was seen coming from the nostrils and the nook of the mouth. A darkish crimson bruise was famous on the left higher eyelid. Notably, the postmortem examination was performed greater than 18 hours after Ajith was introduced useless to the hospital at 11.15pm on June 28. The post-mortem started at 5.45pm the next day and lasted till 9.20pm.