Custodial Killing of a Father and Son in Tamil Nadu Exposes India`s Police Brutality Problem
(WorldNews India)

This article originally appeared on VICE IN. Even a week after their deaths, the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu is still reeling from the details of the alleged torture meted out to a father and son by some of its policemen. The deaths of P Jayaraj and son Bennicks in the Thoothukudi district of the state has prompted more disclosures about brutality by members of the . Shockingly, the same policemen who allegedly tortured Jayaraj and Bennicks have now been implicated in the death of another individual. The state government has aggravated matters by not heeding widespread calls to fire these policemen and charge them with murder. Instead, two sub-inspectors have been suspended, while the...