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If former DGP's order to monitor special teams been followed, death of Ajith Kumar could have been avoided: JAACT Thozhar Thiyagu

Had the former Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu's guidelines to monitor the special police teams in police stations been followed, the murder of B. Ajith Kumar, custodial death victim of Madapuram could have been avoided, said Joint Action Against Custodial Torture (JAACT) State coordinator Thozhar Thiyagu. Following his visit to Ajith Kumar's house at Madapuram near Thirupuvanam, along with Henri Tiphagne, founder and executive director of Madurai-based human rights organisation People's Watch, here on Monday, Mr. Thiyagu said that following the custodial death of Vignesh in Chennai, Mr. Sylendra Babu issued 41 orders to the police across the State. The second order, which was to monitor the special teams operating under the police stations, if had done properly, the death of an innocent youth could have been avoided, he noted. Not just deaths, but serious offences committed by officials like former Ambasamudram ASP Balveer Singh, were happening very regularly, Mr. Thiyagu said. 'After every incident Chief minister M.K. Stalin promises that it will not happen again. But within the next few months, the same is being repeated,' he stated. When police enjoyed impunity and with absence of no special law for protection against custodial death and torture, such incidents would continue, he stated. Demanding a special law against custodial deaths, he demanded that the law be named after victim Ajith Kumar.