5 policemen, together with an Inspector on the Devadanappati police station in Theni district, had been on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) transferred to the Armed Reserve unit after a video of a person being crushed up in custody surfaced. The incident occurred on January 14, 2025 however the CCTV footage was shared on-line now triggering motion.

The motion towards the Theni policemen comes amid the continuing outrage over the death of a temple security guard B. Ajith Kumar after being crushed up by policemen in Sivaganga, who had taken him in unlawful custody.

The video confirmed a policeman beating up Ramesh, an autorickshaw driver, contained in the police station. Police mentioned Ramesh was detained by police for creating nuisance in a public place and dropped at the police station. He was allegedly in an inebriated state. The video confirmed the person holding on the legs of a policeman pleading to be spared from the lathi blows. Police claimed he was detained for a while and later launched on station bail.

A press launch issued on Wednesday night mentioned 5 police personnel, together with Inspector Abdullah, SSI Sivasubbu, police constable Pandi, Grade I policemen Marichamy and Valirajan, had been transferred to the Armed Reserve.

Sources mentioned an advocate Pandiarajan had been to the police station along with his shopper in January and had seen the police beating an individual. Later, he filed an utility underneath the RTI Act in search of a video copy of the CCTV footage from the police station primarily based on which the video was given to him.

In the meantime, a police press launch mentioned probe is being performed by ADSP Gerald Alexander on this connection.