Death of remand prisoner in 2019: SHRC recommends compensation to legal heirs

Death of remand prisoner in 2019: SHRC recommends compensation to legal heirs

The State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) recommended that the Tamil Nadu government pay a compensation of ₹3 lakh to the legal heirs of a 60-year-old remand prisoner, who suffered chest pain and was later declared ‘brought dead’ by a hospital in Salem in October 2019. SHRC member V. Kannadasan recommended that … Read more