Justice T S Sivagnanam before whom the petition filed by Mohamed Aliyar, a relative of the deceased came up for hearing posted the matter to tomorrow.
When the matter came up today, the Additional Government Pleader submitted that Sub-Inspector Kalidoss was also injured. When the Judge questioned the AGP on the nature of the injury, petitioner's counsel Sankara Subbu intervened and alleged that the injury was self inflicted by the SI.
The petitioner alleged that Syed Mohamed was tortured and ultimately done to death by the SI by inflicting firearm injuries on the body at S A Pattinam police station on October 14.
He also alleged that the murder is custodial torture leading to death and requires serious consideration by the Home Secretary "but he and his men are sitting high over the matter."
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He submitted the body was in the mortuary of government hospital at Ramanathapuram and it is just and necessary that the court appoint a team of doctors to conduct post-mortem.
Police had said the SI opened two rounds of fire in self defence at point blank range, killing Mohammed on the spot.
Mohammed, who was reportedly inebriated, had caused panic in S A Pattinam market area, wielding a knife and demanding money from traders and passers. The SI spotted him when he was fighting with a man. Both were taken to the station on complaints from people.