Monday, December 27, 2004
Team probing Shankaracharya case
CHENNAI: Probe into a more than three-year-old apparent suicide by a real estate businessman and his family in Tamil Nadu has been handed over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating murder charges against Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi.
Tamil Nadu Director General of Police I.K. Govind transferred Thursday the case of the July 15, 2001, suicide of Ramesh and his family to the jurisdiction of the SIT.
By transferring the Ramesh death case to the SIT, the Tamil Nadu police have formalised another investigation into real estate related deals in which they allege the Kanchipuram mutt and the seer are involved.
Full report:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/970410.cms
