Subasri death: Jayagopal sent to jail
Former councillor’s brother-in-law nabbed; police pick up four others for putting up banners
29/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI
AIADMK functionary Jayagopal being produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, in Chennai. B. Velankanni Raj
S. Jayagopal, a former AIADMK councillor and the main accused in the Subasri case, was produced before a magistrate’s court in Alandur on Saturday morning and remanded in judicial custody till October 11.
Later in the day, the city police nabbed Jayagopal’s brother-in-law Meghanathan, another accused in the case.
On September 12, R. Subasri, a techie, was riding her two-wheeler, when a banner put up by Mr. Jayagopal, announcing his son’s wedding, fell on her. In the impact, she fell from the vehicle, and was run over by a water tanker on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road in Pallikaranai.
Initially, the St. Thomas Traffic Investigation Wing, that probed the accident, arrested tanker driver Manoj, a 25-year-old from Bihar.
But the Judicial Magistrate in Alandur refused to remand him. Meanwhile, Mr. Jayagopal was absconding.
After a fortnight’s search, a special team, headed by an ACP, arrested him in Krishnagiri district on Friday afternoon and brought him to Chennai by road.
Tracking Jayagopal
“His mobile phone was switched off. He was found staying with his wife and daughter in a hotel room, booked in his friend’s name in Denkanikottai, Krishnagiri district. We were able to track him down after he used his debit card to pay for food at an eatery,” said a police officer.
Mr. Jayagopal was booked under Section 336 (Doing any act which endangers human life or personal safety of others) and 304 II (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, which will attract imprisonment of 10 years or fine or both. He was lodged in the Central Prison in Puzhal.
Tthe Pallikaranai police apprehended four workers who put up banners for Mr. Jayagopal and his brother-in law.
Subramani, 50, Palani, 50, Shankar, 35, and Lakshmikanth, 40, were named in the FIR, and produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, who refused to remand them.
She also advised the police to decide on releasing them on station bail.
S. Jayagopal, a former AIADMK councillor and the main accused in the Subasri case, was produced before a magistrate’s court in Alandur on Saturday morning and remanded in judicial custody till October 11.
Later in the day, the city police nabbed Jayagopal’s brother-in-law Meghanathan, another accused in the case.
On September 12, R. Subasri, a techie, was riding her two-wheeler, when a banner put up by Mr. Jayagopal, announcing his son’s wedding, fell on her. In the impact, she fell from the vehicle, and was run over by a water tanker on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road in Pallikaranai.
Initially, the St. Thomas Traffic Investigation Wing, that probed the accident, arrested tanker driver Manoj, a 25-year-old from Bihar.
But the Judicial Magistrate in Alandur refused to remand him. Meanwhile, Mr. Jayagopal was absconding.
After a fortnight’s search, a special team, headed by an ACP, arrested him in Krishnagiri district on Friday afternoon and brought him to Chennai by road.
Tracking Jayagopal
“His mobile phone was switched off. He was found staying with his wife and daughter in a hotel room, booked in his friend’s name in Denkanikottai, Krishnagiri district. We were able to track him down after he used his debit card to pay for food at an eatery,” said a police officer.
Mr. Jayagopal was booked under Section 336 (Doing any act which endangers human life or personal safety of others) and 304 II (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, which will attract imprisonment of 10 years or fine or both. He was lodged in the Central Prison in Puzhal.
Tthe Pallikaranai police apprehended four workers who put up banners for Mr. Jayagopal and his brother-in law.
Subramani, 50, Palani, 50, Shankar, 35, and Lakshmikanth, 40, were named in the FIR, and produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, who refused to remand them.
She also advised the police to decide on releasing them on station bail.
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