TRICHY: A Trichy court on Monday awarded life sentences to six people and acquitted four others in connection with the murder of an advocate in 2015.
Second additional district court of Trichy convicted and awarded the life sentences to A Ilaiyaraja, J Johnson Kumar, P Nattamai alias Natarajan, T Kanagaraj, A Hari Krishnan and G Senthil for murdering C Sekar, 52, in the night of December 16, 2015. The judge also imposed a fine of 2,000 each. The court acquitted K Saravana Kumar alias Kozhi Saravanan, A Manohar, P Suresh and R Raji alias Selvam.
The prime accused, A Aachi Kumar alias Kumar, and his accomplice, M Raja, died during the trial. Another accused, U Paul Emerson Prasanna, is absconding and the court had issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him.
Sekar was hacked to death by a five-member gang in front of his office in Samayapuram when he was about to board his car. His murder led to tension in the area then with his supporters holding a protest.
Police said that Kumar and his accomplices murdered Sekar in revenge for the murder of the former’s nephew, R Ambikapathy.
The Samayapuram police, who investigated the case, said Sekar had served as the president of the Madakudi panchayat. He lost in the 2011 local body elections. Ambikapathy was said to have been instrumental behind his defeat. So, Sekar allegedly murdered Ambikapathy to avenge his defeat.
Second additional district court of Trichy convicted and awarded the life sentences to A Ilaiyaraja, J Johnson Kumar, P Nattamai alias Natarajan, T Kanagaraj, A Hari Krishnan and G Senthil for murdering C Sekar, 52, in the night of December 16, 2015. The judge also imposed a fine of 2,000 each. The court acquitted K Saravana Kumar alias Kozhi Saravanan, A Manohar, P Suresh and R Raji alias Selvam.
The prime accused, A Aachi Kumar alias Kumar, and his accomplice, M Raja, died during the trial. Another accused, U Paul Emerson Prasanna, is absconding and the court had issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him.
Sekar was hacked to death by a five-member gang in front of his office in Samayapuram when he was about to board his car. His murder led to tension in the area then with his supporters holding a protest.
Police said that Kumar and his accomplices murdered Sekar in revenge for the murder of the former’s nephew, R Ambikapathy.
The Samayapuram police, who investigated the case, said Sekar had served as the president of the Madakudi panchayat. He lost in the 2011 local body elections. Ambikapathy was said to have been instrumental behind his defeat. So, Sekar allegedly murdered Ambikapathy to avenge his defeat.
