Supporters welcome John Pandian out of jail
December 7th, 2010
DC Correspondent Share Buzz up!Salem, Dec. 6: Dalit leader John
Pandian stepped out of the central prison here on Monday after serving
eight years of a life term slapped in connection with the sensational
daylight slaying of Viv-ekanandan of Coimbatore in a love triangle
tragedy in 1993.
The Supreme Court had ordered his release on Friday, acquitting him
and four others for want of sufficient evidence that they had carried
out the contract killing
hired by the jilted lover of Vivekanandan's wife.
Over 5,000 members of his Tamizhaga Munnetra Kaz-hagam, a dalit
splinter group, descended at the jail since morning as news spread
that their leader would be freed. Their cars, vans and buses blocked
the Yercaud Road for over three hours and police had a tough time
regulating the crowds. Emerging from the jail, the tall and well-built
Pandian waved to the fans, garlanded an Ambedkar statue about a km
away and addressed the media before tasting the cake fed by wife
Priscilla, a
practising lawyer.
"I have been locked up for 8 long years because of conspiracy by
vengeful elements and bad judgments," Mr Pandian said, "The coming
Assembly elections will show the strength of our
Devendrakula people," adding that he would take a decision about
contesting in the elections.
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