Chennai: The CBI team investigating the custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and his son Bennix in Sathankulam has said in court that the duo were taken into custody on a false case.
The case was presented in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court and the agency claimed that the father-son duo were booked under āwrong allegationsā and the police claims of arrest were false.
The duo were taken into custody for keeping their shop open after curfew time during lockdown.
On 11 July, the case was handed over to CBI from CB-CID.
The CBI team has since been collecting and re-examining various aspects of the highly controversial custodial deaths in Sathankulam.
On 19 June, Sathankulam police picked up Jeyaraj for keeping his shop open beyond the curfew time. His son Bennix went to the police station with his friends to find out what happened. They died after they were brutally attacked by the police.