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Friday, Dec 31, 2004

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Ravi Subramaniam offers to make confession

By Our Staff Reporter

KANCHEEPURAM, DEC. 30. Ravi Subramaniam, one of the three prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case, has offered to give a confessional statement before a magistrate, enquiries show.

The Kancheepuram judicial magistrate-II, V. Damodharan, today told him that he would be given 24 hours to rethink whether or not he should make the statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Subsequently, Ravi Subramaniam, who is in judicial custody, has been lodged in the sub-jail here. He will be produced before the magistrate tomorrow.

Ravi Subramaniam is the second accused, booked under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code, who has offered to make a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Cr.PC.

Kathiravan, who has also been booked under the same Section, made a confessional statement before the judicial magistrate-II on November 19. However, he retracted his statement in the open court before G. Uthamaraj, judicial magistrate-I, on November 24.

Another accused who made a confessional statement is `Dil' Pandian, who is one among the five "proxy surrenderees."

He has been booked under Section 201 of the IPC for attempting to divert the investigation directed against the `real' culprits.

He made the statement before Mr. Damodharan on November 23.

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