Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Home Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) of the state seeking a report over a plea that seeks to install CCTVs in all police stations and preserving the recordings for at least a year.

The commission has asked them to submit the report within four weeks.

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Last month, the alleged custodial death case of the father-son in Tuticorin had created much uproar in the state.

Five police personnel have been arrested after the incident and are being held in Madurai Central Prison.

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The Centre on July 8 had handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The case was initially registered at the Kovilpatti East Police Station in the Tuticorin district.

The victims, P Jayaraj (59) and his son J Benicks (31), were arrested on June 19 and lodged in Kovilpatti sub-jail for keeping their cell phone shop in the Sathankulam main bazaar area open during a curfew amid COVID-19 lockdown. (ANI)

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