Woman seeks compensation for son’s custodial death
The Hindu
The mother of a 17-year-old boy who died following custodial torture at the hands of S.S. Colony police in 2019 moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday seeking an appropriate compensation from the State. The State had a liability to pay a reasonable compensation for the misconduct of its servants, the petitioner said.
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