Under the DMK regime, law and order is deteriorating, especially with regard to the safety and security of women and children. At the same time, custodial deaths at police stations are becoming a serious concern after the death of R Akash Delison, who was arrested in a case alleging involvement in attacking another person in an internal rivalry in Sivaganga district.
The family of the 25-year-old Dalit man R Akash Delison who suffered injuries while in police custody and later died in hospital, has moved the Madras High Court seeking Rs. 50 lakh compensation.
Akash was picked up by the police in an assault case and allegedly tortured in custody at Manamadurai in Sivaganga district. He later allegedly succumbed to injuries. It is learnt that the police arrested Akash and his associate Guna a couple of days ago for allegedly attacking P Jayakumar and R Azhagar with sharp weapons, causing severe injuries to them.
Based on a complaint from Azhagar, the police registered an FIR and arrested them. Akash was a history-sheeter facing three cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and a case of attempt to murder. Police claimed that both Azhagar and Akash belonged to the same community and were well acquainted with each other.
A statement from the police says, “When the police team went in search of Akash, he tried to flee from custody. In the ensuing melee, he sustained serious injuries after falling from an overbridge. After formal arrest, he was admitted to the Government Hospital in Sivaganga on March 6. On the next day, the Manamadurai Judicial Magistrate visited the hospital and remanded him in judicial custody till March 18. He directed the police to lodge him in the convict ward at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai.” It is reported that Akash suffered multiple fractures and the death could have been due to fat embolism, though the exact cause of death is unknown. It will be known only after the autopsy.
Henry Tiphange, advisor to the Joint Action Against Custodial Torture and a human rights activist, said that with this, the custodial deaths reported in the state in recent years had risen to 26.
The human rights activist said police atrocities against the Schedule Caste members and other underprivileged communities continued in the state. Relatives and family members of Akash claimed that he died due to police torture. They refused to receive the body and staged a protest on the Madurai–Rameswaram highway near the Manamadurai bus stand. They demanded action against the police personnel involved in this, financial compensation, and a government job for a family member. Meanwhile, Akash’s father moved the Madras High Court demanding Rs. 50 lakh compensation, besides filing cases against the police personnel.
Last year, Ajith a temple security guard died while in police custody, and later the case was handed over to the CBI.
CBI REGISTERS CASE IN CUSTODIAL DEATH OF SHRI AJITH KUMAR OF SIVAGANGAI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU pic.twitter.com/lC7NLFrM8u
— Central Bureau of Investigation (India) (@CBIHeadquarters) July 12, 2025
In February, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court said that the judiciary would “teach a lesson to the police” in the case of the custodial death of a temple guard, Ajith Kumar, pointing out that a man was “beaten to death for nothing”. The CBI informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that the alleged jewellery theft case, on the basis of which the victim was detained, had been closed. Expressing anguish, Justice Srimathy observed, “So there was nothing. A person was beaten to death in a case where there was nothing.”
Justice Srimathy asked the CBI whether action would be initiated against the complainant, Nikitha, who was alleged to be the root cause of the incident. The CBI submitted that it would file a report before the court in this regard.
Meanwhile, in a shocking incident, two men were hacked to death by an unidentified gang in the middle of the night at a house on Thulasinga Mudaliar Street in Tirusulam, near Pallavaram. According to reports, the two youths were sleeping inside the house when an unknown gang arrived at midnight, hacked both men to death, and fled the scene.
TN BJP president Nainar Nagenthran took to his X handle to condemn the brutal murder. He said, “DMK government has made people used to crime! Under the DMK regime, where law and order is steadily deteriorating without a trace, two people including a 17-year-old boy have today been brutally murdered by unidentified assailants in Tirusulam. In Tamil Nadu, where murders, robberies, rapes, and machete attacks have become everyday occurrences over the past five years, no incident of violence shocks the public anymore. Living each day in fear and anxiety, the only hope for the people of Tamil Nadu is the next Election Day. They are waiting for the moment when they can drive out this endless regime, put an end to violence, and transform Tamil Nadu into a land of peace. Let the elections come! Let Tamil Nadu rise again!”
குற்றச்செய்திகளுக்கு மக்களை பழக்கிவிட்ட திமுக அரசு!
சட்டம் ஒழுங்கானது சுவடின்றி சிதைந்து வரும் திமுக ஆட்சியில், இன்று சென்னை திரிசூலத்தில் 17 வயது சிறுவன் உட்பட இருவர் மர்ம நபர்களால் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கின்றனர்.
கடந்த ஐந்தாண்டுகளாக கொலை, கொள்ளை, கற்பழிப்பு, அரிவாள் வெட்டு…
— Nainar Nagenthran (@NainarBJP) March 9, 2026
Condemning the total breakdown of law and order, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said, “A situation where people check daily murder updates! Condemnation of the DMK government that has destroyed law and order and women’s safety. Reports that a senior citizen was murdered inside his own home in Krishnagiri district and his wife was subjected to sexual assault, and that two people staying in a hut house in Tirusulam, Chennai were hacked to death, are deeply shocking. Under the DMK regime, the situation has deteriorated to the extent that there is not a single day without a murder and not a single day when women’s safety is not in question. Law and order has collapsed so completely that people now find themselves checking daily ‘murder updates’.”
நாள்தோறும் கொலை நிலவரம் பார்க்கும் நிலை!
சட்டம் ஒழுங்கை, பெண்கள் பாதுகாப்பை சீர்குலைத்த திமுக அரசுக்கு கண்டனம்!கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டத்தில் முதியவர் வீட்டிலேயே கொலை செய்யப்பட்டு, மனைவி பாலியல் வன்கொடுமைக்கு ஆளாகியுள்ளதாகவும்,
சென்னை திரிசூலத்தில் குடிசை வீட்டில் தங்கியிருந்த… pic.twitter.com/qWzi8GZE12
— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) March 9, 2026
There has been a rise in violent crime raising serious concern in southern Tamil Nadu, with nearly 30 murder cases reported over the past two months across Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Tenkasi districts, which fall under the Tirunelveli police range. According to critics, the DMK government is turning a blind eye to these incidents and is concentrating instead on arresting YouTubers and social media activists who expose the government, its leaders, or corruption in the public domain.
