B Ajith Kumar police custodial death: A post-mortem report in the Tamil Nadu custodial death case of Ajith Kumar has revealed shocking details of extreme physical torture, contradicting the initial police account and offering damning evidence of systematic brutality. The report confirms that Ajith’s death was not due to a seizure or scuffle, as claimed in the FIR, but the result of prolonged and violent physical assault.
What the post-mortem report reveal?
The autopsy documented 44 separate injuries, including deep muscle-level contusions, internal organ damage, and brain haemorrhaging. The injuries spanned across Ajith’s scalp, torso, limbs, and internal organs. Many were linear, overlapping contusions, some as long as 28 cm, suggesting the use of batons, sticks, or rods.
According to the report, the injuries were not superficial or scattered, but patterned and consistent with repeated, forceful blows. At least 30 injuries penetrated deep into the muscle tissue, pointing to targeted beatings over a prolonged period.
Severe head injury
The post-mortem further uncovered extensive trauma to the head and brain. Among the findings:
Subscalp contusions: Bruising beneath the scalp, caused by heavy blows.
Ecchymosis of the skull: Deep bruising from blunt force trauma.
Haemorrhaging in both cerebral lobes: Bleeding within both sides of the brain, suggesting fatal head injuries.
These injuries indicate that Ajith Kumar suffered multiple heavy blows to the head, likely contributing significantly to his death.
Internal organ damage
Beyond the brain injuries, the report noted petechial haemorrhages, pinpoint bleeding, in vital organs like the heart, liver, and stomach wall, typically caused by severe physical stress or suffocation-like pressure. There was also a bite mark found on the right side of the body, and large contusions on the soles of the feet and gluteal region, areas often targeted in torture to inflict pain while avoiding immediate detection.
These signs, according to experts, are textbook indicators of custodial torture, not accidental injury.
PM report contradicts to police account
The findings contradict the FIR filed by the police, which suggested a natural or minor cause of death. Instead, the post-mortem clearly establishes that Ajith Kumar died from deliberate, sustained physical abuse.