04-07-2005, 11:08 PM
<b>Seer gave money, claims Ravi Subramaniam</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ravi Subramaniam, accused-turned-approver in the Sankararaman murder case, today told a court here that Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi, the prime accused in the case, had handed over Rs 15 lakh, including a cheque for Rs five lakh, to be given to the assassins of the temple official.
Making a statement before the first class judicial magistrate G Uthamaraj, Ravi Subramaniam said he had introduced Appu alias Krishnasamy to the Seer.
Narrating the sequence of events, he said on September 1, 2004, two days before the murder, he and Appu along with Kathiravan, another accused in the case, met the seer, who had showed a letter purportedly written by Sankararaman and told them that he should be "got rid of" and he should not get any further letters from Sankararaman.
They also called on the Junior Pontiff Vijayendra, who had asked his brother Raghu to arrange Rs 50 lakh, he alleged. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Making a statement before the first class judicial magistrate G Uthamaraj, Ravi Subramaniam said he had introduced Appu alias Krishnasamy to the Seer.
Narrating the sequence of events, he said on September 1, 2004, two days before the murder, he and Appu along with Kathiravan, another accused in the case, met the seer, who had showed a letter purportedly written by Sankararaman and told them that he should be "got rid of" and he should not get any further letters from Sankararaman.
They also called on the Junior Pontiff Vijayendra, who had asked his brother Raghu to arrange Rs 50 lakh, he alleged. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->