Palayamkottai prison official put on ‘compulsory wait’
Superintendent of Palayamkottai Central Prison Krishnakumar has been transferred and put on obligatory wait at the same time as stalemate continues over handing over the physique of remand prisoner P. Muthu Mano, 27, of Vagaikulam within the district, who was overwhelmed to loss of life on the jail premises by a couple of inmates on April 22, to his relations.
Superintendent of Tiruchi Central Prison Shankar will succeed Mr. Krishnakumar.
Muthu Mano and his associates had been arrested by Kalakkad police after they allegedly tried to homicide two brothers from Panagudi and lodged in Palayamkottai Central Prison, the place he was overwhelmed to loss of life.
Subsequently, Perumalpuram police arrested seven prison inmates. While the police commenced their probe, the federal government positioned underneath suspension prison officers Shanmugasundaram, Sivan, Gangaraj, Sankarasubbu, Anantharaj, Vadivel Murugaiah and Sam Albert.
Meanwhile, it transferred the probe to the CB-CID. Relatives of Muthu Mano refused to just accept his physique even after the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed them to obtain it.
Against this backdrop, Mr. Krishnakumar had been transferred and put on ‘compulsory wait’ and jailor Parasuraman had been transferred to Madurai Central Prison, sources within the jail stated.