Police station of custodial deaths handed over to revenue officials

nCHENNAI:THE police is not cooperating with the probe into the custodial death and alleged torture of father-and-son duo P Jayaraj and J Bennicks, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court observed on Monday, ordering the Thoothukudi collector to depute revenue officials to take control and preserve evidence in the police station where the alleged crime occurred last week. The court also said it will not interfere with the state government’s decision to transfer the case to CBI.