India, Feb. 17 -- The Madras high court has dismissed bail applications filed by four Tamil Nadu police personnel, accused of killing a 29-year-old temple security guard in custody in Sivaganga district two years ago.

On February 16, Justice S Srimathy of the Madurai bench of the Madras high court refused to grant bail to the accused policemen, A Ananth, S Raja, Sankaramanikandan, and Prabhu.

In July last year, the high court had transferred the investigation into the alleged custodial death of B Ajith Kumar, the temple security guard, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

At the time, the bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and AD Maria Clete had directed the union home ministry to assign an officer of the CBI within a week's tim...