Justice For Jayaraj and Fenix | RajMohan Video with English Subtitles | #justiceforjayarajandfenix
Channel: Brutal India
Date: 26/06/2020

Tension prevailed in Sattankulam in the district on Tuesday, after a 60-year-old timber trader and his 31-year-old son, who were arrested by the police and subsequently lodged in the Kovilpatti sub-jail, died in hospital, one after the other, within a gap of just 10 hours, under mysterious circumstances.

Accusing the police of beating to death timber trader Jayaraj, 60, of Sattankulam and his son Bennix, 31, owner of a mobile phone sales and service showroom, members of the public staged a road blockade.

The protesters demanded the registration of murder cases against Sub-Inspectors of Police, Balakrishnan and Pauldurai, both attached to the Sattankulam police station, who allegedly thrashed the father and the son.

On June 19, when Jayaraj was in the mobile phone showroom of his son Bennix, the Sattankulam police picked him up for allegedly keeping the shop open in the evening in violation of lockdown restrictions. As the police reportedly verbally abused Jayaraj and assaulted him, his son Bennix, who came to the spot, appealed to the police to release his father.

When the police allegedly assaulted Jayaraj with a baton and roughed him up, Bennix tried to save his father. After thrashing the father and the son, the officers took them to the police station.

“Jayaraj and Bennix were thrashed again after they were taken to the police station, even as some of us were witnessing it from the entrance of the police station,” said their relatives.

Upon registering a case against Jayaraj and Bennix under Sections 188, 383 and 506 (II), the police lodged them in the Kovilpatti Sub-Jail.

“While the police brutally assaulted Bennix and inserted a baton into his anus that triggered uncontrolled bleeding, they smashed Jayaraj and kicked him on his chest multiple times with their shoes. We saw him bleeding profusely even as he was in police custody at Sattankulam police station,” charged relatives of Bennix.

At the Kovilpatti Sub-Jail, Bennix’s bleeding became uncontrollable due to an internal haemorrhage and he became unconscious on Monday evening. Though he was rushed to the Kovilpatti Government Hospital, he died around 9 p.m.

Jayaraj too developed “chest pain” even as he was in the prison, and was admitted to the Kovilpatti Government Hospital where he died around 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The death triggered tensions in Sattankulam.

Tiruchendur MLA Anita R. Radhakrishnan, who arrived at the spot around 10 a.m., joined the agitated protesters. “Both the officers recently thrashed a youth from nearby Peikulam without any reason. Now, they have murdered two innocents. A murder case should be registered against Mr. Balakrishnan and Mr. Pauldurai. Besides giving employment to two persons from the families of the deceased, the Tamil Nadu government should give ₹1 crore as compensation,” Mr. Radhakrishnan said.

Superintendent of Police Arun Balagopalan said the son, who had heart ailments, developed breathing problems in the jail and got admitted to the Kovilpatti Government Hospital, where he died. “His father (Jayaraj) was running high fever when he was arrested and was admitted to the isolation ward of Kovilpatti Government Hospital for monitoring. He died around 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Since they were under judicial remand, an autopsy will be done under the monitoring of Judicial Magistrate and a further course of action will be taken based on the post-mortem report,” Mr. Arun Balagopalan said.

Meanwhile, the sub-inspectors, Mr. Balakrishnan and Mr. Pauldurai have been shifted to the Armed Reserve Police Force.

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