Yuvraj might surrender in court, says wife

The wife of the prime accused in the June 27 murder of Dalit youth Gokulraj today indicated that her husband might surrender in court. She stated this to reporters outside a local court here.

On Monday a local court in Namakkal had issued a arrest warrant against Yuvraj, who has been on the run since the murder. Yuvraj had reportedly given an interview to a Tamil news channel on Oct 4, daring the police to nab him.

The body of Gokularaj was found on the railway track near Pallipalayam on June 27 and it had triggered protests from his family who had alleged it was honour killing. A love affair with a girl belonging to another caste was suspected to be the reason for his murder.

Meanwhile, the court granted bail to three of those arrested. They had been lodged in Attur sub jail.

They were among the total of 21 arrested so far in the case. On September 18, Tiruchengode DSP Vishnu Priya, who was investigating the case, allegedly committed suicide at her residence-cum-office complex on September 18.

Her father and one of her batchmates had levelled charges of harassment by her superiors in connection with a case related to the murder of the Gokulraj.

Police had rejected the charge, saying they recovered a 16-page 'suicide note' in which she had said it was her third suicide attempt and requested her mother not to make an issue over it.

The opposition had also made a bid to raise the issue in the assembly on September 21 and demanded a CBI probe. —PTI