Gokulraj murder case: Yuvaraj sentenced to triple life term

The special court for cases booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act here on Tuesday sentenced Theeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai founder S. Yuvaraj to triple life imprisonment in the 2015 murder of V. Gokulraj, an engineering graduate belonging to the Scheduled Caste in Namakkal district.

The body of Gokulraj was found, with his head severed, near the rail track in Pallipalayam in Namakkal district. He was abducted and murdered by members of the caste outfit after he was found visiting a temple with a girl belonging to an intermediate community.

III Additional District Judge T. Sampathkumar, who held 10 accused persons guilty on Saturday last, sentenced Yuvaraj to life imprisonment on three counts. The co-convicts, P. Arun; V. Sivakumar; R. Sathiskumar; S. Ragu; D. Ranjith; and D. Selvaraj, were sentenced to double life imprisonment. S. Chandrasekaran, M. Prabhu and P. Giridhar were sentenced to life imprisonment.