Ration shop supplier, helper sentenced to 10 yrs RI

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Press Trust of India Salem (TN)
Last Updated : Feb 20 2015 | 2:30 PM IST
A local court today sentenced a ration shop supplier and a helper in Siddanur area to 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment for murdering a man in 2006 over non-supply of items.
The prosecution case was that the duo murdered the 34-year-old man on June 26, 2006 after an altercation over essential commodities not being supplied to him.
The mother of the deceased moved the Madras High Court, seeking a CB-CID probe into the murder.
The court in 2010 had directed that the case be handed over to CB-CID.They were arrested soon after.
District Judge M Ravindran today convicted both the accused and sentenced them to 10 years RI.
He also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of them.
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First Published: Feb 20 2015 | 2:30 PM IST

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