Five cops arrested in Sivaganga custodial death

MADURAI/SIVAGANGA: Five policemen were arrested for the murder of B Ajithkumar (27), a temple security guard in Sivaganga district, late on Monday. He was allegedly thrashed by cops on Saturday in a theft case, and died while under custody.

According to the postmortem report, he had suffered brain haemorrhage and had more than 30 contusion injuries on his body, sources said. The autopsy was carried out at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Sunday. Earlier, six police personnel had been suspended in this regard.

Sources said that no bone was found broken and his body samples have been sent for further tests. The preliminary postmortem report may be submitted to the investigating officer on Tuesday.