SC seeks status report from CB-CID in death of Chennai lawyer’s son
The Hindu
Advocate R. Sankarasubbu, whose son died in June 2011, is known for taking up human rights cases against the police.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (Metro) in Chennai to file a status report on the progress it had made in its one-year investigation into the alleged murder of a human rights lawyer's son in 2011.
Advocate R. Sankarasubbu’s 24-year-old son S. Sathish Kumar, a law graduate, died in June 2011. The father was known for taking up human rights cases against the police. The son's death had caused a furore, especially among lawyers.
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