MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi, to furnish a report to the CBI, which is probing the custodial death case of B Ajith Kumar (29) in Sivaganga district.

The victim, a temple guard, allegedly died in police custody during interrogation, a day after Nikitha, who visited the Madapuram Bathirakali Amman temple in Sivaganga with her mother on June 27, lodged a theft complaint.

Nikitha, who had reached the temple in a car, suspected that Ajith Kumar had stolen nine sovereigns of gold and approached the Thirupuvanam police.

Five police personnel who interrogated Ajith Kumar were arrested in connection with the death. Several petitions were filed seeking a fair probe into the alleged custodial death case.

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