Madurai, March 23 -- The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Tamil Nadu's Madurai on Monday found nine police officers guilty of the custodial death of P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks, which occurred in Sathankulam of Thoothukudi district in 2020, advocate Jaba Singh said.

On June 19, 2020, the father and son were taken into custody by Sathankulam police. They were allegedly subjected to brutal assault at the police station that night and were later remanded to the Kovilpatti sub-jail. Beniks died of injuries on June 22, while Jeyaraj succumbed the following day.

A total of ten policemen, including Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh, along with other personnel, were arrested in connection with the...