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Arrest warrant issued against murder accused

Staff Reporter

Date for commencement of trail will be fixed on April 27

PONDICHERRY: The Principal Sessions Court here on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Arumugam, one of the accused in the Kanchi Sankararaman murder case, who is absconding.

When the case came up for hearing, T. Balasundaram, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), Special Investigating Team (SIT), said Arumugam (A16) and R. T. Palani, another accused, were involved in an attempt to murder at MGR Nagar in Chennai. "Palani (A14) has since been arrested and remanded to custody, but Arumugam's whereabouts are not known", he said, requesting the court to issue an arrest warrant.

Judge M. Chinnapandi posted the case to April 27 for production of the accused. He also issued a prisoner's transfer warrant for Palani. The date for commencement of trail will be fixed on April 27.

Seven accused, including Acharyas Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi, Sundaresa Iyer, Raghu and Meenakshisundaram, were not present in court. Separate petitions seeking to dispense with the appearance of the five were filed.

As for the Special Leave Petition pending in the Supreme Court on the SPP appointed by the Tamil Nadu Government, defence counsel K. S. Dinakaran said it was posted to April 24.

On behalf of Anil Kumar (A12), his advocate Solomon Francis filed a petition stating his client was mentally ill and he had to be referred to an expert doctor. Earlier, when Anil Kumar's name was called out, he was unable to respond. A policeman, who accompanied him, said that he was ill.

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