Madurai District Court Sentences Police Officers in Custodial Torture Death Case

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Latest · 24 Apr 2026

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued a notice to nine convicted police officers in the Sattankulam custodial death case.

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8Apr

STORY BEGINS — The Hindu

Systemic reckoning: On the verdict in the Sattankulam murder case

18Apr

The Hindu

The Madurai District Court delivered a landmark death sentence to nine police officers for the murder of P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks in the Sattankulam Custodial torture case.

24Apr

LATEST UPDATE — The Hindu

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued a notice to nine convicted police officers in the Sattankulam custodial death case.

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