Woman moves HC seeking compensation for husband's death

A woman today moved the Madras High Court bench here seeking a compensation of Rs 15 lakh from the Tamil Nadu Government for the death of her husband in the central prison here in 2009.
Justice S Vimala posted the hearing in the case after two weeks on the petition by Muniammal.
Muniammal submitted that her husband Kumaravel was convicted and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in connection with an attempt to murder case in 2009 and was later lodged in Madurai central prison.
When he was due for release in the next three months, the jail officials informed her brother-in-law Muniyandi on Nov 17, 2015 that Kumaravel took ill in and was rushed to the Government Rajaji hospital here.

Later, they informed the local panchayat president that he had died at 10 pm on the same day, she submitted.
The Assistant Jailer Murugesan had told Muniammal that her husband had collapsed at 6.40 pm and was rushed to the hospital at 6.50 pm.

However, the hospital staff said that he had died on the way to the hospital.
Hence, there was suspicion regarding the time of Kumravel's death, she said.
She held the jail officials including the DGP prisons, SP and Inspector responsible for the death of her husband and prayed the court to direct the government to pay the compensation amount and order a judicial probe into the death.