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Convicts hanging put off on bus burning case
VELLORE: Even as all the
three death convicts in the Dharmapuri bus
burning case sent separate mercy pleas to the
President, the State Government has put off the
original execution date of October 8, till the
President responds to the plea. But the
government has not announced any fresh date.
Following the ruling made by the Salem Court on
September 21 that Nedunchezhiyan, Maadhu and
Muniyappan would be executed at the Vellore
Central Prison, where they have been lodged,
this communication from the State has put a stop
to all preparations for the hanging that would
have taken place on Friday.
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While some senior AIADMK
functionaries who visited the convicts recently
had returned with mercy pleas to the President
as well as petitions requesting sentence
reduction to the Supreme Court, the three
convicts personally despatched mercy pleas to
the President. These pleas were routed through
the Prison Superintendent and the Director of
Prisons to the Tamilnadu Government. The State,
which forwarded the plea to the Centre, has now
put on hold the original execution date. This
order from the TN Government reached Collector C
Rajendran on Wednesday.
