COIMBATORE: A Coimbatore
court
on Monday acquitted notorious rowdy
Gym Hakkim
and others who were accused of murdering one of his accomplices in 2012.
According to the prosecution, Hakkim allegedly killed Sahayaraj when the latter had decided to turn as an approver against him.
On May 23, 2008, a person named Senthilnathan was murdered in Sulur. Saravanan alias Saravanakanth and Sahayaraj were arrested in connection with the murder. Sahayaraj agreed to turn approver.
Saravanan along with B Kannan, Gym Hakkim, V Rajesh, B Chandrasekar went to meet Sahayaraj at 5pm on February 14, 2012. They entered his house in Puliyakulam near Ramanathapuram and allegedly forced Sahayaraj to hang himself. The others threatened him with a knife and Hakkim pulled his legs.
Sahayaraj died and a case was registered by the Ramanathapuram police.
Initially, it was considered a suicide but the police had said then that a video footage in Kannan’s mobile provided information about the murder. Kannan confessed to the crime to a village administrative officer in Ramanathapuram.
Based on his confession, a chargesheet was filed and the court proceedings began.
On Monday, the additional district judge I, M Christopher acquitted Gym Hakkim and others of all charges in this case.
Gym Hakkim was earlier convicted for the kidnap and rape of a 24-year-old MBA student in Coimbatore in 2008. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 2014. He is facing several intimidation, dacoity and hurt cases.
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