Published Jun 19, 2026 | 7:02 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 19, 2026 | 7:03 PM
Akash Delison was 26 when he died.
Synopsis: Dalit youth Akash Delison was arrested in connection with an attack on two people. It was said he suffered a fracture in his leg while attempting to escape from custody. The man died while undergoing treatment.
The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) on Friday, 19 June, filed a chargesheet against six police personnel in connection with the alleged custodial death of Akash Delison, a Scheduled Caste youth from Manamadurai in Sivaganga district.
The chargesheet, filed nearly three months after the incident, named six personnel ranging from an inspector to constables. CB-CID has invoked murder charges along with provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the accused officers.
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The chargesheet named Inspector Dileepan of Thiruppuvanam Police Station, Sub-Inspector Gugan of Manamadurai Police Station, and constables Kaliswaran, Palani, Deivendran and Mahendran as accused.
According to reports, CB-CID investigators submitted a detailed chargesheet before the court, along with witness statements, documentary evidence, medical records and other supporting materials against all six accused personnel.
The police and judicial authorities were yet to release official statements or documents regarding the development. CB-CID officers remained tight-lipped and told reporters to wait for an official announcement from higher authorities.
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Akash Delison, a 26-year-old resident of Krishnarajapuram in Manamadurai, was arrested by police on 6 March in connection with an alleged machete attack on two people the previous day.
Police had claimed that Akash suffered a fractured leg while attempting to escape from custody. He was later admitted to Government Rajaji Hospital for treatment, where he died on 8 March.
His family alleged custodial torture and questioned the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Delison’s parents claimed that the police took him to a forest area during interrogation and brutally assaulted him.
Before his death, on 7 March, Delison gave a statement to the Judicial Magistrate Court in Manamadurai, when the latter visited him in the orthopaedic ward at the Sivagangai Government Medical College Hospital.
The remand report was recorded by Judicial Magistrate M Afzal Fathima in connection with Crime No. 93/2026 of Manamadurai Police Station.
In his statement, Delison alleged that he had been assaulted by police personnel.
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Following complaints from Akash’s relatives and growing public attention the incident generated, a formal case was registered and the investigation was transferred to CB-CID.
Over the past several months, investigators examined the scene of occurrence, postmortem findings, witness testimonies, CCTV footage and forensic evidence as part of the probe.
Earlier, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court had on 15 June directed Akash’s family to receive his body.
However, as his parents and relatives refused to take custody of the body, police cremated the body at the electric crematorium in Thathaneri, Madurai, in the presence of his parents, on Wednesday, 17 June.
