India, April 7 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday responded to a Madurai court's verdict in the 2020 custodial death case of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu, where nine police officials from the Sathankulam police station were sentenced to death.

The judgment comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were allegedly assaulted by police personnel in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district, for reportedly keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions.

The court observed that by killing both the father and the son, the police had destroyed the foundation of an entire family. It emphasised that the punishment must be severe enough to prevent such incidents in the future.

The court awarde...