Father-son death on Indian police custody sparks outrage
Outrage at the death of a good father-son duo found in the custody of Indian police earlier this week mounted on Saturday, with thousands on social media comparing the incident to the death of George Floyd in america.
J Jayaraj, 59, and Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were put through a good brutal thrashing, which led to anal bleeding and eventual death, according to a good letter to federal government officials compiled by Jayaraj's wife J Selvarani. The letter, based on eyewitness testimony and examined by Reuters, seeks actions against the authorities officers involved.
Police in Sathankulam, a city located 50 km (31 miles) south of the port city of Thoothukudi found in southern Tamil Nadu express, said in a first information survey (FIR) reviewed by Reuters that Jayaraj and Bennicks were picked up on Friday, June 19 for breaching coronavirus lockdown guidelines.
Bennicks died on Monday after complaining of breathlessness and Jayaraj died Tuesday, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, who oversees the authorities in the point out, said in a affirmation on Wednesday. Two policemen mixed up in incident have been suspended, he added.
"We will take actions over this incident according to the law," Palaniswami said. Hundreds of thousands of tweets were delivered applying the hashtag #JusticeforJayarajandBennix, that was among the most notable Twitter subject areas trending in India on Friday and among the most notable 30 trending globally, with celebrities and politicians condemning police action.
"The George Floyds of India happen to be too many," tweeted Jignesh Mevani, a lawmaker in India's western Gujarat point out. "Will Indians march on streets in hundreds, like America?," Mevani asked his practically 750,000 Twitter fans, referring to events following a death in police custody on, may 25 of George Floyd, a Black man.
Nearly 15 cases of custodial violence and torture were reported in every day on average, with 9 persons dying in judicial or police custody every a day, in line with the latest annual report simply by India's National Human being Rights Commission (NHRC) for the year 2017/18.The NHRC said in its report that some custodial deaths were reported after considerable delay or not reported at all, adding violence in custody was so rampant "that it is becoming almost routine".
