A temple security guard’s death as a result of alleged police torture in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district has put the DMK government in a bind, turning national attention on custodial deaths and taking the sheen off its Dravida Model social welfare performance. The case involves the detention of Ajith Kumar and some others in Thiruppuvanam to investigate a complaint of gold theft from a car parked at Badrakaliamman temple, given by two women on June 27. After interrogation by a special team, the 27-year-old youth could not even stand and had bleeding injuries, including trauma to the head and near the anus; he collapsed and died. The strong observations of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in the matter left little........

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