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Kanchi's Madhavan assault case takes another twist

    Kancheepuram: Kancheepuram's Madhavan assault case took another twist on Monday when two TVS employees surrendered before a magistrate's court. Retired Deputy Superintendant of Police Muthukrishnan and Ranganathan appeared before Kancheepuram Judicial Magistrate-II, Damodaran and surrendered before him. The ''Tirukkottiyur'' Madhavan assault case is significant in that the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Mutt, Acharya Jayendra Saraswati has already filed an anticipatory bail plea in the Principal Sessions Court here. The duo, who had obtained anticipatory bail from the Madras High Court on Janury 28, were released on bail by the magistrate. Their surrender came in the wake of Madras High Court directing them to surrender before the court within 15 days and furnish a bond for Rs 5,000 and two sureties for a like sum. The case pertained to the assault on Madhavan, allegedly at the behest of the Kanchi Mutt, after he objected to the shifting of a Siva shrine from a Vaishnavite temple at Thirukkurungudi in Tirunelveli district. The incident took place in August last year in Chennai. Madhavan was attacked by two persons while travelling on a two-wheeler.

Two more booked in Sankararaman case (Go To Top)

     Kancheepuram: Two more accused in the Sankararaman murder case have been detained under the Goondas Act. The District Collector of Kancheepuram, R Venkatesan signed the order regarding the detention of the two under the Act last night. The detainees are Sathish and 'Kuruvi' Ravi, both of whom are accused of making false surrender in the case on October 27. Now, with the two new detentions, the total number of those detained in the case under the act has gone up to 15. As many as five of the accused have been detained in the last three days alone. The Act is usually invoked against habitual offenders. The act does not allow the detainee to seek bail before one year. Twentyfive five persons, including Sankaracharyas Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi, have been listed as accused in the case. The two new arrested people, Sathish and Ravi have been charged under IPC sections 201 (giving false information) and 120b (conspiracy). The list of those detained under the act are Kathiravan, Chinna, Ambikapathy, 'Mattu' Bhasker, Meenakshisundaram, Anandakumar, Anil Kumar, K S Kumar, Sundaresa Iyer, R Raghu, Appu, 'Dil' Pandian, Arumugam, Sathish and 'Kuruvi' Ravi.

Kalam recovering from fracture (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: President APJ Abdul Kalam is recovering from a shoulder bone fracture after undergoing a "closed reduction" of the fracture without an operation by army doctors this morning, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. The Army Research and Referral Hospital said the President had an "uneventful recovery" and was "cheerful". "The President has an uneventful recovery and is cheerful," said Major General L P Sedhodra, Commandant of the army hospital, in a medical bulletin issued after the treatment this morning. A short general anaesthesia was administered before the treatment, he added. General Sedhodra said Kalam's condition was "fine" and no operation was required. Kalam injured himself when he fell during a walk in the herbal garden of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.