Summary:
In all, of the 83 prosecution witnesses 49 turned hostile. The convicts include 'Attack' Pandi, a former aide of ousted DMK leader M K Alagiri, and deputy superintendent of police Rajaram. It directed Rajaram to appear before the court on March 25 to decide on quantum of his sentence. The case was later taken over by the CBI, which booked 17 people, including the then DSP Rajaram, for facilitating the attack.On December 9, 2009, the trial court acquitted the accused of all charges, as key witnesses turned hostile. MADURAI: Lambasting police and a subordinate court for letting go Scott-free the authors of Dinakaran newspaper office arson case, that left three people dead in 2007, Madras high court reversed an order of acquittal and sentenced nine people to life imprisonment on Thursday..