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/
This was a false case. when acharya refused to give medical college to a politician case was filed. LOSS is only to the hindus.
The problem is this view nobody expands and make just a bland statement.
like the bland statement you make about acharya! and the anti brahmin media making bland statements!. tell a school child about this case, he will say the motive is not enough to kill a person. only a senior management ! fellow can think like this. As you grow older your brain cells are shrinking.
En boss ungalukkulam vera velaye illaya? Ethana nalaikuthan araicha mavaye arachitripinga?
May be you can write fiction novels to act as a detective 😛
Araicha Mavu innum theeralaiye!
Ungalukku athma srushti sorry drushti innum kadikalaya?
Nengalum ungal madhathin mel ungalukku ulla madhamum;
Makkal endra yanai madham piddikkum oru naal;
Adharku munnavadhu edhu unmai endru arivom.
Engum irrupan edhilum iruppan. Adhuve unmai.
If we continue to baffle about the bafflings like this we can’t create time for the journey towards the ultimate truth.
Araicha maavu innum theeralaiye means. An eye for an eye will make the nation blind.
BTW, am not supporting the characters discussed in your post.
With due regards to the judgement, I fail to understand why the hon.judge didn’t quash the proceedings when 82 prosecution guys turned hostile & important approver too turned hostile. It appears to me as travesty of justice.
The State wont appeal– the police officer who worked on this case has been dismissed from service.
Worse is wife & daughter turned hostile too.
The Mutt , as usual, would be gloating on the victory. Little do they know about the damage done to the Faith.
BTW, who killed Sankararaman ? He didn’t commit suicide , for sure !!
En sir indha madhiri goojha thukranerathla nallu perku nalladhu seyyalame!
Ramanan,
There is nothing baffling and everything happens in Indian judicial system. It is just usual where politicians, celebrities, pontiff’s of the mutt going Scott free after some sensational new s public uproar allegations & counter allegations by supporters and destracters. Witnesses, collaboraters.people involved being silenced or murdered by any means are the order of the day. Court cases will be dragged for years by the time public memory is also erased. Finally the verdict will be for the accused. Only in few cases the guilty is punished to some extent if they are against the party in power.
Hence there is nothing to be baffled about.
You are right.
Idhu Oru Varthaga Veri Piditha Nadu. Panam Endral Pinamum Vai Thirakkum!
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Acquittal by Puduchery court cannot be a total clean chit. There seems to have been a concerted attempt to attack persons who were creating lot of noise and controvery about the Mutt affairs.
Shankarraman was murdered in 2004
Auditor Radhakrishnan was assaulted even in 2002
Madhavan ( Name right?) was assaulted during the same years
Whether Radhakrishnan or Shankararaman were correct in their allegations or whether they had evidence to prove their complaints is irrelevant and even if there was no evidence , it does not mean they can be murdered or attacked.
If all persons complaining about Mutt are attacked, it is logical to infer that someone directly or indirectly connected to Mutt could be masterminding the attacks.
We hear persons arguing that Some powerful persons wanted to frame the seers and they were the ones who sent the killers to Varadaraja temple to kill Shankararaman in 2004.
Even if this were to be true, why then did Auditor Radhakrishnan get murderously assaulted even in 2002. In 2002 there was no conflict of the seers with the powerful persons and in fact the seers were riding high in power and popilarity in 2002
It is beyond doubt that Radhakrishnan was assaulted and that he also had serious differences with the seers.
It was also true that characters like Appu were visiting the Mutt during these years
This requires lot of explaining certainly.
WHether or not the seers planned the assault or the murder, it seems highly probable that someone close to the Mutt and who was upset with the “enemies” wanted to attack or murder them
WHo in the mutt or close to the mutt planned these attacks needs to be brought to light.
It doest look like somebody close to the mutt did have a role in these attacks
Explaining away 2002 and 2004 attacks as outsider job just does not seem probable