The Second Additional District and Sessions Court here on Monday convicted and sentenced four persons to undergo life imprisonment for murdering ‘Cable’ Sekar, who held the post of AIADMK Golden Rock area secretary, in November 2011.
Imposing a fine of Rs. 5,000 each on the four accused – Silambarasan, Vivek, Bala alias Balasubramanian and Pushparaj – the Judge Rahman, however, acquitted five other accused in the case.
Husband of AIADMK Councillor Kayalvizhi, who represents ward 29, ‘Cable’ Sekar was hacked to death by an armed gang near his house in Ambikapuram here on November 25.
He was intercepted and murdered by the gang led by his late elder brother Periasamy’s son Silambarasan, following a dispute over property. The Ariyamangalam police booked a case under IPC sections 302 (murder), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 341 (wrongful restraint), 120 B (conspiracy) and 506 (II) (criminal intimidation) and named 12 persons as accused.
One of the accused, Vadivel, died when the trial was on, while another, Zakir Hussain, is reported to be absconding.
The case was split with respect to another accused ‘Paambukutti’ Nagendran, since he was reported to be absconding when the trial began. He was arrested by the police subsequently. Hearing in his case has been posted for September 2. Among those acquitted was Parvathi, mother of Silambarasan.
