A year after the mutilated body of V. Gokulraj of Omalur was found on the railway tracks near Pallipalayam, his mother V. Chitra has demanded that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case.
In a petition submitted to District Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy during the grievances day meeting here on Monday, she said that her son was abducted and murdered in Tiruchengode on June 24, 2015 and a case under Sections 363, 302 r/w 3 (2) (v) of the Scheduled Castes and the scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was registered by the Tiruchengode Town police and the accused was arrested. The CB-CID that probed the case filed the charge sheet before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate that was later transferred to the court of Principal District Judge. She said that as per Section 4 (5) of ST and ST Act, 1995, the district magistrate, if desired by the victims of atrocity, can engage an eminent senior advocate for conducting case in the special courts on such payment of fee as he may consider appropriate.
Since, the law entitles provision for her, she wanted lawyer P. Mohan of Bhavani in Erode district to be appointed as government special lawyer to present the case in the court. She requested the Collector, who is also the district magistrate, to appoint him as the lawyer. The Collector received the petition and assured of action. Gokulraj brother V. Kalaiselvan accompanied her.
A total of 17 persons, including the founder of Dheeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai S. Yuvaraj, were arrested in the case and charge sheet was served to them on March 3. Yuvaraj was recently released on conditional bail. The case is likely to come up for hearing next month.
Gokulraj’s mother
V. Chitra submits petition to
District Collector
V. Dakshinamoorthy
