An official told DT Next that the five officials up to the rank of inspector were placed under suspension, and added that only the government can take a decision on officers above the rank of Assistant Commissioner.

The complainant, Rajesh, alleged that Sivakumar, then assistant commissioner of Tirumangalam (now absconding), inspector Saravanan, now on VR, and sub-inspector Pandiaraj, three constables and others had illegally detained him, his mother, fiancé and her brother, in a farmhouse in Red Hills, and forced him to transfer properties in the name of a third person.

The CB-CID had registered a case after a petition was submitted to the DGP.