Principal District Judge R. Poornima adjourned the temple pujari
suicide case till March 14 as the newly appointed public prosecutor, sought by
the petitioner, did not appear before the court on Wednesday.
However, all the seven accused, including O. Raja, brother of
Finance Minister O. Paneerselvam, appeared before the court in the morning.
PP’s presence stressed
In the absence of new public prosecutor, the defence counsel M.
Kannappan said that it would be difficult to proceed the case without the
presence of the public prosecutor. On hearing the case, the judge adjourned the
case and directed the new public prosecutor to appear for next hearing.
On Tuesday, the district administration had submitted the order
appointing High Court lawyer Mohan of Erode as public prosecutor to argue the
case on behalf of the petitioner, Subbu Raj, father of the deceased.
Charges were framed against O. Raja and others in the case on
December 15.
Theni District Court had transferred the case to Dindigul
District Court on November 25 on the direction of the Madurai Bench of the
Madras High Court.
The case pertains to the suicide of S. Nagamuthu (22) of T.
Kallupatti village, a Dalit, who worked as pujari at Sri Kailasanathar Hill
Temple in Periyakulam, on December 8, 2012, after he was allegedly subjected to
harassment.
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