India, July 24 -- The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the death of a 24-year-old pregnant woman from Sivaganga district and directed authorities to conduct a fresh postmortem through a neutral medical board.

Justice L Victoria Gowri of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to constitute the SIT within 48 hours with officers not below the rank of Superintendent of Police from the CB-CID or other specialised units.

The judge also directed the police to hand over the entire case records and digital evidence to the SIT.

The high court directed the Director of Medical Education to constitute a "Ne...