MADURAI
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Sivaganga District
Sessions Judge Karthikeyan has awarded life sentence to 16 people in a
murder case on Thursday. The incident relating to the murder happened in 2010. A group of men from Muthukulathor in
Ramanathapuram
district were staying in Sivaganga to set up sheep pens. Goats belonging to these men were allowed to graze on lands of farmers in Avarankadu in Sivaganga district.
As they had been staying on a land belonging to Muniyandi , they were allowed to graze their goats only on the lands of people specified by Muniyandi. Chandrakumar of Avarankadu had approached the men and asked them to bring their goats to his land. Muniyandi opposed this, following which trouble brewed between the supporters of Muniyandi and Chandrakumar.
On August 10, 2010, Chandrakumar and some of his kin including Alimuthu, 55, were talking in front of a shop. An 18-member gang including M Sekar, 39, M Poosaimani, 32, M Pandivel, 38, M Veerabathiran, 35, K Muniyandi, 61, V Alagupandi, 30, P Muniyandi, 23, C Palaniyandi, 40, T Rajangam, 45, B Prabu, 19, R Muthupandi, 23, P Rathi, 28, M Ramayee, 60, K Veerabathiran, 31, M Michael, K Ganeshan, 32, K Karuppiah, 63 and K Selvaraj, 35, attacked them with deadly weapons. Alimuthu, who sustained serious injuries, died on the spot. Police registered a case and arrested 18 people. Two of the accused, Sekar and Karuppiah, died during trial.
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