Madurai lawyers protest over custodial deaths of father-son duo

Lawyers of Madurai District Court have come in support of the father-son duo who were killed in police custody in Tuticorin after they allegedly kept their shop open during curfew period.

The practitioners protested outside the court premises on June 29 against the custodial deaths which took place on June 23.

They demanded the suspension of Judicial Magistrate, and register a case under IPC 302 in the case.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on June 28 said the state government will transfer the case to CBI.