R. Akash Delison, a Dalit youth, was arrested on March 5 for attempted murder by the Manamadurai police station in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga. After being brutally tortured in custody, he was shifted to Madurai’s Government Hospital, where he died on March 8. In his statement to a judicial magistrate, he said he was brutally tortured by placing stones below his knee and ankle and hit on the legs with iron rods. The autopsy report showed 24 injuries. When his parents refused to accept the body until the policemen responsible were arrested, the state cremated his body on June 17. The CB-CID is investigating and six policemen were suspended