Overview

• S Surjit, accused of hacking Dalit IT professional Kavin Selva Ganesh to death on July 27, was detained under the Goondas Act by Tirunelveli City Police Commissioner Santosh Hadinami.
• The Tamil Nadu police transferred the investigation to the Crime Branch-CID to ensure a fair and unbiased probe given the involvement of serving officers.
• Sub-inspectors Saravanan and Krishnakumari, who were named co-accused alongside their son under the SC/ST Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, were suspended and the father has since been arrested.
• The victim’s family continues to withhold his body from the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, demanding the arrest of both police officer parents before releasing the remains.
• Investigators are probing whether the sub-inspector couple had prior knowledge of or played a role in the planning of the caste-motivated killing during CB-CID interrogations.