Jayendra Saraswati,Vijayendrar of The Kanchi Mutt and 23 others were acquitted by judge in Puducherry on 27 November on the Sankararaman Murder case on the ground that the prosecution has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused were in Conspiracy.
Ant the other reason given is that the witnesses have not identified the accused.
Now consider the following facts.
1.Sankararaman was murdered and he was presumably blackmailing the Pontiff.
Nobody checked his motive and the possible fact for the blackmail.
If this is checked you will get the motive.
On Sankararaman:
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Sankararaman had begun serving the Kanchi Mutt after the death of his father, S Anantakrishna Sharma, who was an employee of the Mutt for over 60 years. However, he did not get along well with the junior Shankarcharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, and he left the Mutt on his own. He later went on to become the manager of the Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram.
Although Sankararaman left the Mutt, he continued to question Jayendra Saraswati regarding his activities. In 2000, when the seer had plans to go to China, Sankararaman opposed him saying that the Hindu scriptures did not allow a Mutt’s chief to travel across oceans. He moved the Court to stop Jayendra Saraswati from his efforts following which the latter abandoned his China trip. This worsened their relationship further.
He continued to write letters to Sri Jayendra Saraswati questioning him on the mismanagement of the Mutt. In his last letter, written on August 30, 2004, Sankararaman wrote to him that the Shankarcharya was misusing his powers and that he would move the Court against him.
Soon after, he was attacked and hacked to death by a gang in the evening of September 3, 2004.
2.There were 181 witnesses for the case for the Prosecution.
3.81 turned Approvers.
4.These 81 did a volte face and turned hostile witnesses.
This should be world record.
5.The victim Sankararaman’s family initially complained about the murder, later retracted.
Then they retracted their statements.
Again they claimed that Sankararaman was murdered at the behest of Jayendra Saraswati.
6.An auditor Radhakrishnan who was connected to the Kanchi Mutt was brutally attacked in Chennai by thugs.
7.There was an indirect admission by the Jayendrar when he was in custody where he bemoaned Vijayendra not caring about him and was trying to protect his brother.
8.One of the accused Kathiravan was murdered, he was a member of a locla dada in Chennai .
9.There was an attempt by some one claiming to be close to Kanchi Mutt to bribe the Puducherry Judge, the audio was broadcast.
10.A Chennai Dada was seen frequenting the Kanchi Mutt sometime before Sankararaman murder.
Well, if these are not enough to convict then there is even less to convict Ramalinga Raju for Sathyam scam Harshad Mehta for Stamp paper scam and more recently Rajesh Talwar for Aarushi and Hemraj’s murders.
Law is an ass, true.
Now to the question of the Government going for appeal.
Normally one would expect Jayalalitha to go for appeal.
But one has to see whether the impending elections have a bearing on her mind.
Story:
With as many as 20 witnesses turning hostile in the Sankararaman murder case, a Puducherry court on Wednesday acquitted all 23 accused including the Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, seer of the Kanchi Mutt. Public prosecutors admitted the witnesses including prosecution witnesses turned hostile, with the result that no motive or conspiracy could be proved, leading to all
The case till now: * On 3 September, 2004, a man named Sankararaman, a manager of the Varadarajaperumal temple in Kanchipuram, was murdered. A report in Tamil magazine Nakkeeran then linked the murder to the pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti mutt, Jayendra Saraswati.Nakkeeran reporter Damodaran Prakash quoted letters from Sankararaman to various publications, authorities and corporates regarding alleged malpractices in the Kanchi Mutt, the Shaivite Hindu mutt. * It began to appear that Sankararaman was a serial letter writer and whistleblower, and he had even approached the Mutt about the alleged malpractices, misuse of funds, the Shankaracharya’s travels abroad, etc. * Given that he was a much-revered religious leader whose support was wooed by political leaders and business magnates, the allegations against the Shankaracharya led to a furore among his followers. A political drama followed too, with the opposition DMK launching a massive offensive against Jayalalithaa, followed later by rumours that the case against the seers was itself caused by the Mutt’s growing friendship with the DMK. There were also rumours that the TN government was eyeing the expansive properties of the mutt.More political drama ensued with right wing parties staging protests and dharnas, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj later visiting the seer in jail and more. * In November 2004, as the Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati were conducting a puja in Mahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu Police arrested the seer. * Barely weeks later, one of the accused, Kathiravan withdrew his statement made in front of a magistrate. Kathiravan was later murdered.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20041217006101900.htm&date=fl2125/&prd=fline&
In efence of Jayendra Sarsawati
http://ramanisblog.in/2013/03/16/time-to-disown-jayendra-saraswati/
I came across this site and some resent youtube channels talking about this case. Not sure if any of you read through the 240+ page case judgement. I have never heard of cases that every accused give giving confessions!! It is baffling!! Kaatu Bangalow, and tactics used by police to extract confession etc.. We see several cases, you don’t need confession to prove a murder case, proper forensic investigation was missing here. Also, baffling is the key investigation officer SP Premkumar was not even officially assigned to the case. if you don’t have access to the judgement I can email you the PDF copy.
I have seen people accusing our Gurus as dishonest. If our Kanchi Mutt is Dishonest as you people say, then I am sure Lord Siva’s Avatharam and Sri Adi Sankaracharya’s Avatharam, Sri Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal (68th Kanchi Mutt Head) would have been born elsewhere in India. But Lord Siva choose Villupuram in TN to be his Avatharam’s birth place and wanted him to ascend the throne of Kanchi Mutt. I know that both Sringeri Sankaracharyas and Kanchi Sankaracharyas have tremendous respect for each other. I read that Current Sringeri Sankaracharya – Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji said ” If Mahans (Great Saints) are disturbed, then there would be lack of peace/destruction in the country” when asked about the arrest of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal. But we the followers are unnecessarily arguing and fighting among our self. We should respect each other and help uplift each other, instead of destroying our self and help other religions successfully destroy Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism.
no one is above god. The nature is administrating the fate of everyone. If the sankaracharyas are guilty, they will be punished severely even in their next birth. Let the brahmin supporters brainwash everyone calling the sankaracharyas as avatars of god. It is a shame to their community, if they support the murderers who are called as jagadgurus. They are worser than even an ordinary man who is leading a worldly life. Why they act as a chief of a mutt, which was administered by saints like mahaperiyava.
There are truths as seen by many (elephant and the blind people) and there is one absolute truth, which eludes us.
Here is another perspective to add to the viewpoint. This was written eight years ago even before the acquittal.
https://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/the-real-reason-for-kanhi-seers-arrest/