Kanchi case evidences are falling apart
On April 3rd:
One more witness turns hostile in Sankararaman murder case
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Puducherry, Apr 3: One more prosecution witness in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi is the main accused, turned hostile during the trial in a court here today.
<b>N Kumar, working in a shop of pooja materials at the Kancheepuram Sri Varadarajaperumal temple of which Sankararaman was the Manager, contradicted the statements he had made before the police during investigations in 2004.</b>
He is the second prosecution witness to turn hostile after Duraikannu, a temple staff, examined yesterday. <i>{This person also has turned hostile. Check next report}</i>
Sankararaman was murdered in the temple premises on September 3, 2004 by a gang. Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi, who are among the 24 accused in the case, have been charged with conspiracy and murder.
Trial in the case commenced yesterday in the court of Principal and District Sessions Judge when five witnesses were examined by special public prosecutor N Devadoss. The case was transferred here by the Supreme Court on a plea by the seer.
Devadoss today examined four more witnesses when Kumar turned hostile. He then cross examined Kumar. Others examined today are M Kuppusamy, S Gajapathy and Atchudhan, all employees of the Varadrajaperumal temple.
The prosecution had yesterday examined Padma (wife of Sankararaman), Uma Maitreyi (his daughter), Anand Sharma (his son), Ganesan and Duraikannu (temple staff).
The judge fixed April 28 as the day for cross examination of Padma, her son and daughter, while the remaining six witnesses would be cross examined on April 29. - Agencies <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On Aug 5th:
Sankararamanâs wife, daughter change earlier statements
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Staff Reporter
<b>Trail of witnesses who have turned hostile lengthens </b>
PUDUCHERRY: Two main prosecution witnesses in the Sankararaman murder case on Tuesday contradicted their earlier statements during cross-examination by defence counsel.
<b>Sankararamanâs wife Padma, the first prosecution witness, and daughter Uma Maitreyi, the second prosecution witness, told the Principal District and Sessions court here that they had identified the accused based only on photographs provided by the police and had not seen them during the attack on Sankararaman. They also told the court that the signature in the documents seized from their house was not that of Sankararaman.</b>
<b>During cross-examination by counsel K. S Dinakaran, both contradicted their statements made earlier to Special Public Prosecutor N. Devadass.</b> Two other witnesses, Anand Kumar Sharma (Sankararamanâs son) and N. S Ganesh (accountant in the temple) were also cross-examined.
<b>On April 2, 2009, during examination by the Public Prosecutor, the fifth prosecution witness K. Durai Kannu contradicted the statement he had made before the police and the Kancheepuram District Magistrate</b>. After he deviated from his statement, Mr. Devadass had informed Principal District and Sessions Judge D. Krishnaraja that he was treating the witness as hostile. Another prosecution witness, Kumar, was also treated as hostile after he contradicted his statement during examination by the Special Public Prosecutor.
On Wednesday, the cross-examination of five other witnesses, K. Durai Kannu, Gajapathay, Atchudan, Kumar and Kuppuswamy, will be taken up. The Public Prosecutor will also cross-examine K. Durai Kannu.
Sankararaman, manager of the Sri Varadarajaswami temple at Kancheepuram, was murdered on September 3, 2004. On January 21, 2005, a special investigation team of the Tamil Nadu Police filed a charge-sheet in a Kancheepuram court naming 24 persons as the accused in the case, including the five men who surrendered claiming that they had murdered Sankararaman and six others who arranged the proxy surrender. The case was later transferred to Puducherry.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On April 3rd:
One more witness turns hostile in Sankararaman murder case
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Puducherry, Apr 3: One more prosecution witness in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi is the main accused, turned hostile during the trial in a court here today.
<b>N Kumar, working in a shop of pooja materials at the Kancheepuram Sri Varadarajaperumal temple of which Sankararaman was the Manager, contradicted the statements he had made before the police during investigations in 2004.</b>
He is the second prosecution witness to turn hostile after Duraikannu, a temple staff, examined yesterday. <i>{This person also has turned hostile. Check next report}</i>
Sankararaman was murdered in the temple premises on September 3, 2004 by a gang. Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi, who are among the 24 accused in the case, have been charged with conspiracy and murder.
Trial in the case commenced yesterday in the court of Principal and District Sessions Judge when five witnesses were examined by special public prosecutor N Devadoss. The case was transferred here by the Supreme Court on a plea by the seer.
Devadoss today examined four more witnesses when Kumar turned hostile. He then cross examined Kumar. Others examined today are M Kuppusamy, S Gajapathy and Atchudhan, all employees of the Varadrajaperumal temple.
The prosecution had yesterday examined Padma (wife of Sankararaman), Uma Maitreyi (his daughter), Anand Sharma (his son), Ganesan and Duraikannu (temple staff).
The judge fixed April 28 as the day for cross examination of Padma, her son and daughter, while the remaining six witnesses would be cross examined on April 29. - Agencies <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On Aug 5th:
Sankararamanâs wife, daughter change earlier statements
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Staff Reporter
<b>Trail of witnesses who have turned hostile lengthens </b>
PUDUCHERRY: Two main prosecution witnesses in the Sankararaman murder case on Tuesday contradicted their earlier statements during cross-examination by defence counsel.
<b>Sankararamanâs wife Padma, the first prosecution witness, and daughter Uma Maitreyi, the second prosecution witness, told the Principal District and Sessions court here that they had identified the accused based only on photographs provided by the police and had not seen them during the attack on Sankararaman. They also told the court that the signature in the documents seized from their house was not that of Sankararaman.</b>
<b>During cross-examination by counsel K. S Dinakaran, both contradicted their statements made earlier to Special Public Prosecutor N. Devadass.</b> Two other witnesses, Anand Kumar Sharma (Sankararamanâs son) and N. S Ganesh (accountant in the temple) were also cross-examined.
<b>On April 2, 2009, during examination by the Public Prosecutor, the fifth prosecution witness K. Durai Kannu contradicted the statement he had made before the police and the Kancheepuram District Magistrate</b>. After he deviated from his statement, Mr. Devadass had informed Principal District and Sessions Judge D. Krishnaraja that he was treating the witness as hostile. Another prosecution witness, Kumar, was also treated as hostile after he contradicted his statement during examination by the Special Public Prosecutor.
On Wednesday, the cross-examination of five other witnesses, K. Durai Kannu, Gajapathay, Atchudan, Kumar and Kuppuswamy, will be taken up. The Public Prosecutor will also cross-examine K. Durai Kannu.
Sankararaman, manager of the Sri Varadarajaswami temple at Kancheepuram, was murdered on September 3, 2004. On January 21, 2005, a special investigation team of the Tamil Nadu Police filed a charge-sheet in a Kancheepuram court naming 24 persons as the accused in the case, including the five men who surrendered claiming that they had murdered Sankararaman and six others who arranged the proxy surrender. The case was later transferred to Puducherry.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->