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Cross-examination continues in Vaiko case

By Our Staff Reporter

KANCHEEPURAM NOV.11. Cross-examination of the third prosecution witness, M. Murugesan, sub-inspector, Koodakovil police station, continued for the seventh day by senior defence counsel, G. Devadoss and Gurunathan, in the case against the MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, and eight others, arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

The defence counsel posed several questions to the witness on the public meeting addressed by Mr.Vaiko and others at Tirumangalam near Madurai, on June 29, allegedly in support of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

L.Rajendran, judge of the special court at Poonamallee, near Chennai, posted the case for tomorrow for further cross-examination of the witness.

Except for P.S.Maniam, all the accused — Mr.Vaiko, Ganesamurthy, Veera Ilavarasan, Bhoominathan, Pulavar Sevanthiappan, Madurai Ganesan, Alagusundaram and Nagarajan, were brought from the Vellore central prison.

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