Sankararaman case referred for sessions trial

The Sankararaman murder case was committed to a Sessions Court at Chengalpattu by a Judicial Magistrate in Kancheepuram.

The Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati and his deputy Vijayendra Saraswati are the main accused, was on Wednesday committed to a Sessions Court at Chengalpattu by a Judicial Magistrate in Kancheepuram.

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After completing the pre-charge formalities, Judicial Magistrate First Class G Uthamaraj sent the case file to Principal District Judge, Chengalpattu, who would assign the case to a Sessions Judge.

The case would now come up for hearing before a Sessions Judge on April 27.

The Magistrate directed all the accused and accused-turned-approver Ravi Subramaniam to appear before the Chengalpattu court on that day.