MADURAI: A special court in Madurai on Saturday convicted 10 accused and acquitted five others in the sensational murder case of dalit youth In Gokulraj and Namakkal district in 2015. The court will pronounce the sentence on March 8.
III additional district judge T Sampathkumar convicted 10 accused – Yuvraj, the prime accused who is the founder of Dheeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai (a caste outfit), P Arun, S Kumar, R Sathiskumar, S Ragu, D Ranjith, D Selvaraj, S Chandrasekaran, M Prabhu and P Giridhar.
The court acquitted V Sankar, S Arul Senthil, P Selvakumar, S Thangadurai and P Suresh. All the 15 people were produced before the court on Saturday.
Of the total 17 people who were involved in this case, T Amudharasu is undergoing trial before the Namakkal court. Another accused, Jothimani, died.
Gokulraj, an engineering student from Omalur, was kidnapped by a gang on June 24, 2015, from a temple at Tiruchengode where he was talking to his girlfriend, who was a gounder. His beheaded body was found near a railway track at Pallipalayam three days later.
Tiruchengode DSP Vishnupriya who was investigating the case died by suicide on September 18, 2015. Subsequently, the case was transferred to the CB-CID. Based on Madras high court direction, the trial in this case was transferred from a Namakkal court to the special court for cases booked under the SC/ST Act in Madurai in 2019.
III additional district judge T Sampathkumar convicted 10 accused – Yuvraj, the prime accused who is the founder of Dheeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai (a caste outfit), P Arun, S Kumar, R Sathiskumar, S Ragu, D Ranjith, D Selvaraj, S Chandrasekaran, M Prabhu and P Giridhar.
The court acquitted V Sankar, S Arul Senthil, P Selvakumar, S Thangadurai and P Suresh. All the 15 people were produced before the court on Saturday.
Of the total 17 people who were involved in this case, T Amudharasu is undergoing trial before the Namakkal court. Another accused, Jothimani, died.
Gokulraj, an engineering student from Omalur, was kidnapped by a gang on June 24, 2015, from a temple at Tiruchengode where he was talking to his girlfriend, who was a gounder. His beheaded body was found near a railway track at Pallipalayam three days later.
Tiruchengode DSP Vishnupriya who was investigating the case died by suicide on September 18, 2015. Subsequently, the case was transferred to the CB-CID. Based on Madras high court direction, the trial in this case was transferred from a Namakkal court to the special court for cases booked under the SC/ST Act in Madurai in 2019.