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Chennai: Three people were killed and three injured as rain battered several districts across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday night. While there was respite from the showers on Wednesday for much of TN, water bodies were overflowing, rivers were flooded, and low lying areas and paddy fields were inundated. The three women were identified as Yasodha, 69, and her daughter Jaya, 40, from Andarmullipallam village in Cuddalore, while the third victim was Vanamayili, 60, from Kongarapalayam village in Kallakuri ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami denounced the Chief Minister MK Stalin-led government over the incident in which petitions submitted during the 'Ungaludan Stalin' special grievance camps were found floating in the Vaigai at Thiruppuvanam village in Sivagangai district. Palaniswami stated that the people would deliver a fitting response to the government's arrogance in the upcoming Assembly elections, as a result of its failure to understand their anguish and address the ...Read More >
Chennai, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay is leading a large-scale protest at Sivananda Salai in Chennai, demanding justice for Ajith Kumar, a 27-year-old man who allegedly died in police custody in Sivaganga district. The demonstration has drawn thousands of party supporters from across Tamil Nadu and marks Vijay's first major political mobilisation since the launch of TVK. Kumar, a private security guard at the historic Madapuram Temple in Thi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on Saturday against police personnel of Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, in connection with the alleged custodial death of Ajit Kumar, who was posted as a temple guard at Madapuram Temple, the agency said in a release. Earlier, the State of Tamil Nadu had transferred the investigation of FIR No. 303/2025 of Police Station Thiruppuvanam, Sivagangai District, registered in connection with the custodi ...Read More >
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete investigation into the custodial death of temple guard B Ajithkumar (29) of Madapuram near Thirupuvanam and submit the report on or before August 20 at the jurisdictional court. The CBI director has been directed to appoint an investigating officer (IO) and required staff within one week. Further, based on petitioner's plea, the division bench comprising Justices SM Subraman ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which heads to elections later this year. In his writ petition, Jha contended that the process is "not only hasty and ill-timed, but has the effect of disenfranchising crores of voters, thereby robbing them of their constitutional right to vote." Jha's petition claimed th ...Read More >
MADURAI: The brother of the custodial death victim in Madapuram of Sivaganga, approached Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Sunday complaining of pain on his legs and back. B Ajith Kumar (27), who worked as a security guard in Madapuram Pathirakali Amman temple in Tiruppuvanam, died on June 28 after he was allegedly beaten up and tortured by a special team of the local police based on a complaint preferred by Nikitha. He alleged that Ajith stole nine sovereigns of gold from under her car ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her associates in its ongoing gold smuggling and money laundering case.The case had assumed significance after the actor claimed proximity to a Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara. Premises of the latter were searched by ED in May in connection with the money laundering case.Later, ED shifted its investigation into the gold smuggling case from Bengaluru to its headquarters in Delhi. ...Read More >
Madurai: Nikitha, who had lodged a jewellery theft complaint against temple security guard Ajith Kumar -- who was later beaten to death by the police -- has released an audio message apologising to Ajith's mother. In the audio message, Nikita said, "When the incident happened, Saktheeswaran (who filmed the police beating Ajith Kumar) was with me. On that day, we were waiting at the Thiruppuvanam police station to meet the inspector. When he arrived, we filed a complaint about the missing jewell ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 4 (PTI) The AIADMK on Friday said the autopsy report of Ajith Kumar, the temple guard of Sivaganga district, who was allegedly beaten to death by police has brought to light several horrendous facts. The main opposition party listed the injuries quoting the post-mortem report of a state-run hospital and said those who inflicted such wounds were animals in the form of humans. The AIADMK wondered the necessity for the special police team in Sivaganga district to interrogate the susp ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 4 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing political turmoil in Tamil Nadu due to the police custodial death case of Ajith Kumar, the post-mortem report has revealed about 44 injuries on various parts of the victim's body. As per the post-mortem report, Ajith Kumar sustained injuries to the forehead, right eyebrow, leg and wrist. Injuries on the left forearm, wrist and ankle were also reported in the Sivaganga custodial death case victim. Also Read | Jabalpur Bestiality Hor ...Read More >
MADURAI: Expressing strong condemnation over the recent death of Ajith Kumar, a security guard, Madapuram Bathrakali Amman temple in Tiruppuvanam, Sivaganga district, in police custody, VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan called for the government to act to end such incidents of custodial death. "Such brutal acts in police custody seemed unending, not only in Tamil Nadu, but across India. Such acts are shocking, and they cannot be justified at all. However, Chief Minister MK Stalin's immediate interv ...Read More >
Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], July 3 (ANI): In a startling case of land fraud reported from Punjab's Ferozepur by a whistleblower, a woman and her son allegedly sold off a World War II-era airstrip used by the Indian Air Force in 1997. The case pertains to the fraudulent sale of the land of the historic Advance Landing Ground (ALG) of the IAF in Fattu Wala village here. The airstrip, used during the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars, was allegedly sold by Usha Ansal and her son Naveen Chand Ansal of Duma ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Criticising Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami for assuring support to the family of the Sivaganga custodial death victim till they secured justice, DMK organising secretary R S Bharathi on Wednesday said the people won't believe the 'drama' of the LOP, and the chief minister was available to uphold Justice in Tamilnadu. Hours after the AIADMK released a video of EPS having a telephone conversation with the family, DMK organising secretary RS Bharathi likened the AIADMK's expr ...Read More >
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 3 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor turned politician Vijay met family members of Ajith Kumar, who allegedly died during police interrogation in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu earlier in the month. Earlier, AIADMK spokeperson Kovai Sathyan alleged that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin referred the alleged custodial death case of Ajith Kumar to the Central Bureau of Investigation due to "compulsion" and not out of his "own will". Als ...Read More >
Sivaganga: The Tamil Nadu government has provided relief assistance to the family of temple guard Ajith Kumar, who died during a police investigation in Thiruppuvanam in June. Ajith Kumar was working as a temporary guard at the Madapuram Sri Bhadrakaliamman Temple near Thiruppuvanam in Sivaganga district. On June 27, the police arrested Ajith Kumar on suspicion of jewellery theft, based on a complaint by a woman who had come to the temple to offer darshan. Ajith was reportedly assaulted heavily ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday provided financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh, land ownership and a government job to the family of Ajith Kumar, a temporary temple security guard who allegedly died during police interrogation in Thirupuvanam, Sivaganga district. According to an official statement, the victim's family has been granted a house site patta (land ownership document), Rs 5 lakh in financial assistance, and a government job. Also Read | ...Read More >
SIVAGANGA: Cadres of AIADMK and BJP, led by senior leaders, RB Udhayakumar and H Raja respectively held a joint protest in Thiruppuvanam in Sivagangai district on Wednesday demanding justice for deceased temple security guard Ajith Kumar, condemning that a mere apology of 'Sorry' by chief minister MK Stalin to Ajith's mother is not enough and demanded the CM's immediate resignation.Five policemen have been arrested so far in connection with the custodial death of Ajith Kumar, 27, on June 28 duri ...Read More >
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday evening said the IV additional district judge of Madurai S John Sundarlal Suresh would conduct an inquiry into the custodial death of Ajithkumar in Sivaganga district, and submit a report by July 8. The court directed that case files, CCTV footage, available evidence, and other materials be handed over to judge John Sundarlal Suresh on Wednesday. A division bench of Justices S M Subramaniam and A D Maria Clete gave the direction wh ...Read More >
MADURAI: The alleged custodial murder of Madapuram Bathrakali Amman temple security guard Ajith Kumar has shocked entire State, as it seemed like a police-organised crime where the government is killing its own citizens, said the Madras High Court. A division bench comprising Justices SM Subramaniam and AD Maria Clete made the comment after reviewing the video evidence, and asked who directed the special team to investigate the case even before an FIR was filed, and beat the victim under the gu ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin transferred the Sivaganga custodial death case probe to CBI on Tuesday after the state govt came under sharp criticism from the high court and opposition parties.Stalin also spoke to the family of Ajith Kumar, 27, the custodial death victim, and apologised to them. "Romba sorry ma," he told Malathi, the mother of Ajith Kumar over the phone. Ajith Kumar, a security guard at Bathrakaliamman temple in Madapuram near Tiruppuvanam in TN's Sivaganga district, was pic ...Read More >
Chennai: A temple guard, Ajith Kumar, who was taken in for questioning in connection with a missing jewellery complaint in Sivagangai, was allegedly assaulted by the police. Later, his family was informed of his death. While relatives claim that Ajith Kumar died due to severe custodial assault, six policemen have been suspended and five have been arrested. In this backdrop, the custodial death case has been transferred to the CBI for investigation. In a statement issued by the Chief Minister, M ...Read More >
Chennai, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced that the case involving the custodial death of Ajithkumar at the Tiruppuvanam police station in Sivaganga district will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a thorough and impartial probe. Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said the state government would extend full cooperation to the CBI during the course of the investigation and vowed that strict action would be taken ...Read More >
Chennai/Sivaganga, Jul 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered transferring to the CBI the probe into the Sivaganga custodial death of a 29-year-old man as the opposition mounted pressure seeking central agency investigation. The state government also initiated action against policemen, including putting the district police chief on "compulsory wait". Also, a DSP was placed under suspension. The CM said he was anguished to know that Ajithkumar, picked up for enquiry die ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered transferring to the CBI, the probe into the Sivaganga custodial death of a 29 year-old man that has sent shockwaves across the state. The CM said he was anguished to know that Ajithkumar, picked up for enquiry died under mysterious circumstances in Tiruppuvanam "only because of the assault by the police during interrogation." "This is unjustifiable and cannot be excused," he said in a statement. While initially six po ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered transferring to the CBI, the probe into the Sivaganga custodial death of a 29 year-old man that has sent shockwaves across the state. The CM said he was anguished to know that Ajithkumar, picked up for enquiry died under mysterious circumstances in Tiruppuvanam "only because of the assault by the police during interrogation." Also Read | Fraudulent Website sarvashikshaabhiyan.com Makes Fake Job Offers, Claiming To Be ...Read More >
Chennai/Sivaganga, Jul 1 (PTI) The opposition in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday mounted pressure on the ruling DMK over the custodial death of a temple security guard in the state's Sivaganga district, demanding a CBI probe into the matter, even as the state government initiated action against policemen, including putting the district police chief on "compulsory wait". Also, a DSP was placed under suspension. The matter also came up before the Madras High Court bench in Madurai, which appointed an Enqui ...Read More >
Chennai/Sivaganga, Jul 1 (PTI) The opposition in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday mounted pressure on the ruling DMK over the custodial death of a temple security guard in the state's Sivaganga district, demanding a CBI probe into the matter, even as the state government initiated action against policemen, including putting the district police chief on "compulsory wait." Also, a DSP was placed under suspension. The matter also came up before the Madras High Court bench in Madurai, which appointed an Enqui ...Read More >
Madurai, Jul 1 (PTI) The family of an alleged custodial victim from Sivaganga has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to the authorities concerned to register a murder case in connection with the incident. The case came up before the Madras HC bench here on Tuesday. The family pleaded the court for issue of a Writ of Mandamus or any other Writ, order or direction to the respondents, including TN Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) to register ...Read More >
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