Chennai, December 10
The judicial remand of the Kanchi Shankaracharya in the Sankararaman
murder case was today extended till December 23 by the Kancheepuram
Judicial Magistrate.
The Chennai Principal Sessions Judge, too, rejected the bail
petition filed by the seer’s counsel in connection with the
Radhakrishnan assault case.
The Kancheepuram Judicial Magistrate today went to Chengulpet, a
small town 30 km away from Kancheepuram, and conducted the court
proceedings through video-conferencing.
The Shankaracharya remained in the Vellore Central Prison as the
police did not want him to undertake such long journeys keeping in
mind his age and his health conditions as he is diabetic.
Today, the seer completed one month in custody as he was arrested
by the Tamil Nadu police from Mehboobnagar in Andhra Pradesh on
November 11 on charges of killing Sankararaman, manager of the
Vardarajan Perumal temple in Kancheepuram.
PTI adds: Raghu, brother of Vijayendra Saraswathi, the
junior Sankaracharya of Kanchi mutt, appeared before the special
police team investigating the Shankaraman murder case, late this
evening. Raghu along with Vaidyanathan, a lawyer and an aide of the
Junior Acharya, visited the office of the investigating team around 7
pm. The mutt’s lawyer, Shanmugham, also accompanied them.
