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Father and son arrested in connection with Nellai quarry accident have been jailed.
Calcutta Accident
Six people were trapped in a rock fall on the 14th at a stone quarry in the Adimithippankulam area near Nellai. Murugan and Vijay were rescued alive and are receiving treatment at the Palayankottai Government Hospital.
Selvam, another Murugan, Selvakumar were killed. Their bodies were recovered.
The task of looking for a 6th person
Rescue teams are still searching for Rajendran, the 6th person trapped in the rock. The rescue operation took place on the 7th day yesterday. 2 times exploded on the rocks and engaged in the search for him.
Also, 4 people were brought down to the quarry to repair the broken Bokline machine and to remove the stones that had accumulated in the rock breakage. They were busy disposing of the stones.
Father-son arrested
Munneerpallam police have registered a case in connection with the Calcutta accident and have already arrested and jailed Sankaranarayanan, the owner who leased the Calcutta, and Jebastin, the manager. Chamber Selvaraj, the owner of the quarry and a Congress leader and former chairman of the Thisayanvilai town panchayat, and his son Kumar were on the lookout.
In this context, the personal police including Munneerpallam Police Inspector Thillai Nagarajan and Sub-Inspector Sivakumar arrested Chamber Selvaraj and his son Kumar yesterday while staying at a private hotel in Mangalore, Karnataka.
Police investigation
They were later taken to Munneerpallam police station yesterday. There the police interrogated them.
They were then taken to the house of the 5th Judicial Magistrate (Responsible) Triveni on Monday and produced before him. Magistrate Triveni ordered the police to conduct a medical examination of them and bring them with the report.
medical examination
Following this, Chamber Selvaraj and Kumar were taken to Palayankottai Government Hospital for medical examination. There they underwent a medical examination. Various tests were performed, including X-rays and scans.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Rajat Chaturvedi, Additional Superintendent Marirajan, Inspectors Murugan and Balakrishnan were deployed at Palayankottai Government Hospital.
Imprisonment
Chamber Selvaraj and Kumar were produced before the magistrate again by the police after a medical examination. The magistrate ordered them detained for 15 days.
They were subsequently taken away with heavy police security and imprisoned at Palayankottai.