Palanisamy’s family refuses to accept his body for 2nd day

Coimbatore: The family members of T Palanisamy refused to accept his body for the second consecutive day on Monday.
The family members requested the police to arrest the income tax department officials and a few staff of Martin group of companies. They also demanded the police to alter the case to murder (302 IPC) from suspicious death (174 CrPC).
Palanisamy was working as a cashier at Future Gaming and Hotel Service Private Limited at GN Mills in Coimbatore for the last 25 years.
The company belonged to ‘Lottery King’ Santiago Martin. Palanisamy was questioned by the income tax department officials for three days. On May 3 evening, Palanisamy was found dead in a pond at Velliankadu. The Karamadai police fished out the body and sent it to the Mettupalayam government hospital for postmortem. Meanwhile, Palanisamy’s son Rohin Kumar suspected foul play in his father’s death.
Based on his complaint, the Karamadai police registered 306 (abetment of suicide) of IPC against IT sleuths. The dead body was sent to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem.
The postmortem was conducted in-camera on Sunday. However, the family members refused to accept his body. Meanwhile, Palanisamy’s wife Shanthamani and her family members lodged a complaint with IGP K Periaiah at his office at Race Course here on Monday afternoon.
Later, Shanthamani said her husband could have been murdered by unidentified people. She said she suspected a few staff who were working at the Martin group of companies and some of IT officials behind the murder. “They should be arrested and booked for murder and under SC/ST Act. Then only, we will think about receiving the body from the mortuary of CMCH,” Shanthamani said.
Meanwhile, Santiago Martin's wife Leema Rose Martin said in a press release that that the income tax department officials searched her house at Thiruvalluvar Street at GN Mills on April 30. Her son and few employees were present during the search.
The IT sleuths seized Rs 98,820 from her house and the sleuths also gave her a signed receipt about the seizure.