Shot in arm for cops as key accused set to turn approver

The prosecution in the Sankararaman murder case today received a shot in the arm with one of the prime accused, Ravi Subramaniam, turning ap...

The prosecution in the Sankararaman murder case today received a shot in the arm with one of the prime accused, Ravi Subramaniam, turning approver before the Chengelpet Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Ravi Subramaniam, who was arrested on December 21, is the first approver in the high-profile case in which both the acharyas of Kancheepuram Sankara Mutt have been arrested. He is also one among the three persons to give confession statements in the Sankararaman murder case.

Subramaniam was charged with distributing the money to the contract killers.

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Meanwhile in Chennai, Principal Sessions Judge P. Murugesan adjourned till February 3 the hearing on an anticipatory bail application from Acharya Jayendra Saraswathi in an assault case.

Public Prosecutor T.V. Ganesh pointed out that the Supreme Court, while granting bail to the seer, had imposed a condition that he should not enter the Kanchi Mutt till the chargesheet was filed. But the Mutt people frequently called on him at Kalavai. The state had preferred a petition in the SC to modify the bail conditions and the orders were expected shortly. Hence, the matter could be adjourned, he pleaded.

The PSJ also adjourned till January 25 further hearing on the bail applications from Kathiravan and Sundaresa Iyer in the Radhakrishnan assault case.

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