

And since society treats most offenders as outcastes, they are driven to more serious crimes to earn a livelihood,“ he said. “This shows how ineffective the rehabilitation programme is for people in conflict with law. Many petty offenders commit serious crimes once they are released,“ he said. In the murder of neurosurgeon Dr Subbiah, said a policeman, the three hirelings were given Rs 50,000 each.Īccording to retired police officer B Arvindan, of late, many plots are being hatched in prison.“The prison grounds bring first time offenders and notorious criminals together. Police said Muthu Pandi handed over Rs 2 lakh which the trio shared. In the case of Venkateshwaralu, the mastermind Muthu Pandi, a contractor, approached first-time of fenders Siva and Muthu through one Arul Jothi. While movies tend to show an organised criminal, suitably wearing a black suit, with sophisticated weapons eliminating the `target', the reality is different. The case weakens in the process,“ he said. The assailants threaten witnesses who turn hostile. “Filing of chargesheets is delayed in most murder cases due to the lethargic attitude of police personnel. “A suspect can get bail within 90 days if the law enforcement agency does not submit a chargesheet,“ said senior counsel and Madras high court lawyer V Kannadasan. Sources say easy money and a slow legal process, during which many murder suspects come out on bail within three months of arrest, have lured youths to this deadly trade. Three men from Kanyakumari killed Dr Subbiah and assailants from Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi bumped off Venkateshwaralu. In both cases, the murderers were from southern districts. While Dr Subbiah was murdered because of a property dispute, Venkateshwaralu was killed because he had cancelled contracts. After the roadside murder of neurosurgeon Dr Subbiah, which was caught on camera, in September 2013, this was the second high profile and sensational killing in public.

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The assailants killed the executive, left his driver seriously injured in less than a minute, and fled. On January 11, vice president of Kalpataru Power Trans mission Limited, V Venkateshwaralu, left a pharmacy and was about to board his car when two men on a bike hacked him to death.
