Chennai: Sathankulam police station, which created history by going to the control of Revenue department following a High Court order, today went back to the hands of the Police department.
After the government informed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that CB-CID officials, who are currently probing the double deaths, had collected all evidence from the station, the court directed the Revenue officials to hand over the station to the police department.
A few days ago, as per the court order, the Revenue department officials took control of the Sathankulam police station to safeguard the relevant materials in connection with the case.
Thoothukudi district collector Sandeep Nanduri had Tahsildar and Deputy Tahsildar would man the station round the clock.
Observing that there were possibilities of tampering with the evidences in the custodial deaths of a father-son duo allegedly due to police brutality at Sathankulam, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had directed the CB-CID to immediately take up the probe, even by registering murder cases, till the CBI takes over the case.