Many were tortured at police station where TN duo were beaten

A judicial inquiry into the deaths of a father and son after alleged torture by the cops in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi has found that nearly a dozen people had reported being beaten up at the same police station two weeks ago, by the same officers, The Indian Express has reported. Of them, one died later and two were hospitalised following intervention by judicial officers. The judicial report found that a fortnight ago, eight people, including a minor, kept at the Sathankulam Police Station had been tortured “continuously for three days” by officers, helped by a volunteer group called ‘Friends of Police’.