Thoothukudi

Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Thoothukudi profile: DMK's Anitha R Radhakrishnan won seat in 2016

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Thoothukudi constituency had a total of 2,07,471 registered voters

2020, year of the pandemic: After murder of husband and father, TN woman says cops gave abuse not protection

On 8 May, Muthulakshmi's husband Thangaraj and father Palavesam were murdered by a mob of Thevars in Sathankulam's Udayarkulam. This is the same infamous panchayat town where Jeyaraj and his son Benix were killed in police custody

Cyclone Burevi weakens into deep depression, to cross Tamil Nadu coast by tomorrow morning: IMD

The IMD had earlier predicted that Burevi, which crossed the Sri Lanka coast on Wednesday night, would hit the Tamil Nadu coast as a cyclonic storm

Thoothukudi police tell RJ Suchitra to take down Instagram video on Jayaraj and Bennix custodial deaths

In a statement released on Twitter, the district police said that the RJ's video seems to be a "figment of imagination" and promotes "hatred against the police"

Tamil Nadu custodial deaths: Five accused transferred from Tuticorin Jail to Madurai Central jail

Jayaraj and his son J Benicks died days after being arrested on 19 June and lodged in Kovilpatti sub-jail for keeping their shop in the Sathankulam open despite the lockdown

Tamil Nadu custodial deaths: Murder charges added to FIRs in Jayaraj-Fenix case; sub-inspector arrested

CB-CID sources told PTI that sub-inspector Raghu Ganesh was arrested by the CB-CID officials, who took over the probe into the case which has triggered a nation-wide outrage.

Tamil Nadu custodial deaths: NHRC issues notices to state DGP, Thoothukudi SP, seeks report within six weeks

P Jayaraj and his son Fenix, arrested for 'violating' lockdown norms over the business hours of their cell phone shop, died at a hospital in Thoothukudi on 23 June, with relatives alleging that they were severely thrashed at the Sathankulam police station earlier.

Custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and Fenix: Accused Tuticorin cops should be arrested immediately; law allows it

What has happened in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin is worse than some of the most violent cases India has witnessed (since the Delhi gangrape case in 2012 for which 4 people involved were hanged, recently).

MK Stalin says DMK will seek CBI probe into custodial deaths of Jayaraj and Fenix as personalities demand justice on social media

Following social media outcry over the deaths, DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday said his party would approach the court seeking a probe by the CBI, if the state government failed to conduct a proper investigation into the "custodial death" of Jayaraj and Bennicks of Sathankulam

DMK leader Kanimozhi asks NHRC to take necessary action against officials responsible for Thoothukudi deaths

Kanimozhi also met the kin of deceased in Thoothukudi and handed over a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, a letter from DMK chief MK Stalin and assured complete support.