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Nearly 20 years aft erstwhile Minister and AIADMK MLA K. Sudarsanam was changeable dormant by a pack adjacent Chennai, a metropolis sessions tribunal connected Friday (November 21, 2025) convicted 3 members of the Bawaria gang connected the charges of dacoity and execution for gain. The quantum of condemnation volition beryllium pronounced connected Monday (November 24, 2025), justice Abraham Lincoln said.
In the aboriginal hours of January 8, 2005, the pack descended connected the location of Sudarsanam, 57, past sitting MLA for Gummidipoondi, at Thanakulam near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district. While 1 stood extracurricular holding a gun, the different members broke unfastened the beforehand doorway with an axe and began attacking the occupants with robust rods. Sudarsanam’s lad Satish Kumar, 28, was the archetypal to aftermath up and was attacked. On proceeding his cries, Sudarsanam came down from his country and tried to forestall the six assailants from attacking his son. He was changeable dormant with a single-barrel muzzle-loaded gun. He died connected the spot. Another son, Vijay, was locked up successful a room.
The pack escaped with cash, jewellery, and mobile phones. The pack leader, who had positioned himself extracurricular the house, fired astatine neighbours who had gathered aft proceeding the screams and chased them away. The pack members escaped nether the screen of acheronian and boarded a lorry they had parked 1 kilometre away.
Immediately aft the murder, a peculiar squad was formed nether Inspector-General of Police (North) S.R. Jangid. The squad recovered a signifier successful respective cases that had occurred betwixt 1995 and 2005, each showing the handiwork of a pack suspected to beryllium from North India. The constabulary aboriginal arrested the Bawaria gang members successful Haryana and Rajasthan.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa consoling Jayammal, woman of Gummidipondi MLA K. Sudharsanam, astatine Thanakulam successful Tiruvallur territory connected January 10, 2005. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO
The constabulary recovered that betwixt 1995 and 2005, a bid of sensational road dacoities and murders for summation had taken place. The pack had committed 24 dacoities successful Tamil Nadu, successful which 13 persons were killed and 63 were injured, astir of them seriously. Jewellery and currency worthy implicit ₹2 crore were looted. The pack had besides struck panic successful the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
In the Sudarsanam murder case, the Periyapalayam police arrested 9 members of the Bawaria gang, including Oma alias Omprakash and Boora alias Gunthanlal, on with 3 women. Oma and Boora later died of unwellness portion serving beingness imprisonment astatine the Vellore Central Prison successful different case: the dacoity and execution of a doc at Ranipet.
Four persons were tried arsenic the lawsuit was divided up aft 3 women accused absconded. The complaint expanse was filed successful 2006 nether Sections 395 (dacoity), 396 (dacoity with murder), and 397 (robbery oregon dacoity causing decease oregon grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code, on with provisions of the Arms Act. The proceedings was conducted by Additional Government Advocate G. Srinivasan before the XV Additional Sessions Court.
The 4 accused were produced earlier the justice at Singaravelar Maligai on Friday. The justice convicted 3 of them — Jagadish alias Gunna and Rakesh alias Guddu of Haryana and Ashok alias Laxman of Bharatpur district successful Rajasthan.
