Nine police officers in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu have been sentenced to death over the deaths in custody of a father and his son during the COVID lockdown in 2020. The case triggered protests across the state and brought the issue of police brutality in India to the forefront. Indian journalist, Nirmala Ganapathy, spoke to The World’s Girish Sawlani about why the deaths of P Jeyaraj and his son, Benicks triggered national outrage and reaction to the sentences handed down. #ABCTheWorld #ABCAsiaPacific
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