State govt places accused SP under ‘compulsory wait’

CHENNAI: The Superintendent of Police of Thoothukudi, where a father-son duo died after being allegedly thrashed by the police last week, was on Tuesday shunted out of the district and placed under “compulsory wait” by the Tamil Nadu government.

Arun Balagopalan IPS “is brought to the compulsory wait at office of the Director General of Police,” a Home Department order said. Villupuram SP S Jeyakumar has been appointed in place of Balagopalan.

Meanwhile, the Thoothukudi district administration on Tuesday deputed officials to take “control” of Sathankulam police station, in line with a Madras high court directive.

Further, a forensic team from Madurai was involved in collecting evidence at the police station, as directed by the court.