Nagercoil custodial death revives memories of the 1996 prison killing that shook Tamil Nadu

While Lingam, a kabaddi player, was lodged in the Nagercoil District Sub-Jail, a gang of over 30 people broke into the prison from the outside and murdered him in 1996.

He was decapitated, and his head was dumped at the Meenachipuram bus stand ...