<p>Chennai: Ten days after a recommendation from the state government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered a case of murder against six policemen from Sivaganga district for allegedly torturing a temple guard leading to his death. </p><p>B Ajith Kumar, who worked as a guard at the Madapuram Badrakaliamman Temple in Tirupuvanam, died on June 29 after being brutally trashed by six policemen who were tasked to probe his alleged role in the case of missing jewellery from a car. </p><p>Ajith Kumar’s death in police custody led to a major uproar warranting an intervention from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court which prompted Chief Minister M K Stalin to transfer the case to CBI. The Tamil Nadu police suspended six policemen – five of whom are in judicial custody – and the deputy superintendent of police (Manamadurai) and shunted out Superintendent of Police Ashish Rawat. </p><p>“Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on 12.07.2025 against police personnels 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,” a statement from CBI said. A case under section 103 (murder) of BNS, 2023 has been filed against the policemen. </p>.Tamil Nadu: PMK founder Dr Ramadoss claims his social media accounts were hacked.<p>Sources said a CBI team will arrive in Madurai on Sunday to begin investigations from Monday. The death of Ajith Kumar sent shockwaves across the state after a postmortem report revealed that his body bore at least two dozen injury marks.</p><p>The government came under further scrutiny and faced more questions as a video of the six policemen brutally thrashing the youth despite his screams emerged and went viral on social media.</p><p>Ajith Kumar, who worked as a security guard at Madapuram Badrakaliamman Temple in Tirupuvanam, in Sivaganga district, died after being allegedly tortured by six policemen of a “special team” formed to probe his role into a complaint filed by a mother-daughter duo that 10 sovereigns of gold went missing from their car. </p><p>The duo asked Ajith Kumar to park their vehicle and the victim, it is believed, sought the help of others in parking the car following which the women alleged that 10 sovereigns of gold went missing from their vehicle. </p><p>The police detained Ajith Kumar, his brother Naveen Kumar, and three others and let them off by June 27 evening but only to pick them up once again and take them to different locations before beating up the deceased. </p><p>The deceased’s brother, Naveen Kumar, who was also detained by the “special police team” had alleged that his brother was brutally thrashed in front of him and he was declared dead at a private hospital where he was taken on June 29 morning. </p>
<p>Chennai: Ten days after a recommendation from the state government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered a case of murder against six policemen from Sivaganga district for allegedly torturing a temple guard leading to his death. </p><p>B Ajith Kumar, who worked as a guard at the Madapuram Badrakaliamman Temple in Tirupuvanam, died on June 29 after being brutally trashed by six policemen who were tasked to probe his alleged role in the case of missing jewellery from a car. </p><p>Ajith Kumar’s death in police custody led to a major uproar warranting an intervention from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court which prompted Chief Minister M K Stalin to transfer the case to CBI. The Tamil Nadu police suspended six policemen – five of whom are in judicial custody – and the deputy superintendent of police (Manamadurai) and shunted out Superintendent of Police Ashish Rawat. </p><p>“Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on 12.07.2025 against police personnels 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,” a statement from CBI said. A case under section 103 (murder) of BNS, 2023 has been filed against the policemen. </p>.Tamil Nadu: PMK founder Dr Ramadoss claims his social media accounts were hacked.<p>Sources said a CBI team will arrive in Madurai on Sunday to begin investigations from Monday. The death of Ajith Kumar sent shockwaves across the state after a postmortem report revealed that his body bore at least two dozen injury marks.</p><p>The government came under further scrutiny and faced more questions as a video of the six policemen brutally thrashing the youth despite his screams emerged and went viral on social media.</p><p>Ajith Kumar, who worked as a security guard at Madapuram Badrakaliamman Temple in Tirupuvanam, in Sivaganga district, died after being allegedly tortured by six policemen of a “special team” formed to probe his role into a complaint filed by a mother-daughter duo that 10 sovereigns of gold went missing from their car. </p><p>The duo asked Ajith Kumar to park their vehicle and the victim, it is believed, sought the help of others in parking the car following which the women alleged that 10 sovereigns of gold went missing from their vehicle. </p><p>The police detained Ajith Kumar, his brother Naveen Kumar, and three others and let them off by June 27 evening but only to pick them up once again and take them to different locations before beating up the deceased. </p><p>The deceased’s brother, Naveen Kumar, who was also detained by the “special police team” had alleged that his brother was brutally thrashed in front of him and he was declared dead at a private hospital where he was taken on June 29 morning. </p>