News Desk, AnyTV, Madurai
Published by: Pranjul Srivastava
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:17 AM IST
Summary
A middle-aged man had asked Gokulraj to meet Yuvraj. Gokulraj was then kidnapped and his body was recovered the next day.
The special court in Madurai has convicted 10 people in the famous Gokulraj murder case of Tamil Nadu. And five people have been acquitted. The Madurai court will announce the punishment of these convicts on March 8. Actually, this whole case is related to the murder of a Dalit man. In 2015, the beheaded body of Gokulraj was recovered from a railway track in Namakkal district.
was murdered in a love affair
The police had found in their investigation that the murder was done in a love affair. Investigation revealed that Gokulraj had met a Hindu woman in a temple. This angered S Yuvraj of the Gounder community. After this Gokulraj was killed. Police had earlier treated it as a suspicious death. However, after the post-mortem report came later, the case turned into a complete murder. The report confirmed the murder by strangulation.
17 people were arrested
In the complaint lodged by Gokulraj’s mother, 17 people were accused of murder. After this the police arrested everyone. However, two of the accused had died. After this, 15 accused were tried, but the court released them due to insufficient evidence against the five.
was kidnapped from the temple itself
Police said that Gokulraj had met the woman at the Ardhanarishwar temple. During this, a middle-aged man had asked him to meet Yuvraj. Gokulraj was then kidnapped and his body was recovered the next day.
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The special court in Madurai has convicted 10 people in the famous Gokulraj murder case of Tamil Nadu. And five people have been acquitted. The Madurai court will announce the punishment of these convicts on March 8. Actually, this whole case is related to the murder of a Dalit man. In 2015, the beheaded body of Gokulraj was recovered from a railway track in Namakkal district.
was murdered in a love affair
The police had found in their investigation that the murder was done in a love affair. Investigation revealed that Gokulraj had met a Hindu woman in a temple. This angered S Yuvraj of the Gounder community. After this Gokulraj was killed. Police had earlier treated it as a suspicious death. However, after the post-mortem report came later, the case turned into a complete murder. The report confirmed the murder by strangulation.
17 people were arrested
In the complaint lodged by Gokulraj’s mother, 17 people were accused of murder. After this the police arrested everyone. However, two of the accused had died. After this, 15 accused were tried, but the court released them due to insufficient evidence against the five.
was kidnapped from the temple itself
Police said that Gokulraj had met the woman at the Ardhanarishwar temple. During this, a middle-aged man had asked him to meet Yuvraj. Gokulraj was then kidnapped and his body was recovered the next day.