Kanagaraj had attacked his mother with a sickle
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Coimbatore: A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a special court here for attempting to murder his mother over a property dispute. Police said, Kanagaraj had insisted that his father Mayilsamy Gounder, 65 and mother Chellammal, 60, from Thondamuthur give away their seven-acre farm to him. Mayilsamy refused to give the farm away.
Following an altercation, Kanagaraj had hacked his father with a sickle on April 2, 2012. Police arrested Kanagaraj for the murder, for which the trial is underway in the third Additional Sessions Court.
Meanwhile, Kanagaraj, who came out on bail, had entered into an argument with his mother Chellammal asking why she took a long time to get him out of prison. Further he also began to threaten her seeking the farm.
On December 11, 2012 morning, Kanagaraj had attacked his mother with a sickle. Police then arrested Kanagaraj on charges of attempted murder. The elderly woman, who suffered injuries on her head and neck, was admitted at the Pollachi Government Hospital.
She returned home a few days after treatment, but on January 28, she slipped and fell on the bathroom floor and died. Chellammal suffered a head injury on the same spot where she had been injured by her sickle-wielding son. Police then converted the case of attempt to murder and pressed murder charges against Kanagaraj.
When the case came up for hearing, the special court (in charge) Judge R. Sakthivel on Friday sentenced him to seven years in jail and imposed a fine of '5,000 only for attempt to murder as the murder charges were not proved beyond doubt. The judge also awarded another six months of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him for threatening witnesses.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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