Chennai, April 7 -- Tamil Nadu Congress President K Selvaperunthagai welcomed the Madurai District Court's verdict, pronouncing the death penalty in the Sathankulam custodial death case, stating that justice was achieved through the CBI probe and DMK government's cooperation.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, he asked AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, who was the Chief Minister in June 2020 when the custodial death incident occurred, to apologise to the public.

Selvaperunthagai clarified that he does not stand with death penalty; however, a punishment was needed in the case to uphold justice.

Selvaperunthagai said, "The punishment in the Sathankulam case, secured through a CBI probe with the cooperation of the Tamil Nadu ...