Former railway employee who threatened to kill judicial officers arrested in Chennai
The Hindu
The 56-year-old had sent a letter threatening to murder magistrates unless action was taken against the magistrate at Sattankulam
The Nolambur police on Thursday arrested a former railway employee for allegedly threatening to kill judicial magistrates. Police said the accused, identified as U. Venkatesan, had sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Madras alleging that the then judicial magistrate at Sattankulam had failed to conduct a proper enquiry . The duo died in judicial custody after Sattankulam police arrested them on June 19, last year for violating COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions. He sought a departmental enquiry against the judicial magistrate. He then sent another letter threatening to murder any other magistrate in city unless action was taken against the judicial magistrate at Sattankulam.
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