Madurai: Youth died of poison, not police torture, says ADGP

MADURAI

: The second post-mortem of

Ramanathapuram

youth

L Manikandan

, done according to per the directions of Madras high court, has revealed that his death was due to poison, and not due to custodial torture by police, additional director-general of police (law and order) P

Thamarai Kannan

has said.

“On December 8, re-post mortem examination was done and was recorded on video. The viscera were preserved for examination and the team of forensic experts submitted a final report to court on Monday. As per the report, Manikandan’s death was due to poison. He had consumed poison which led to his death. His death was not due to custodial torture and he had suffered no injuries,” said Thamarai Kannan.


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