Tirunelveli grocer Mayandi murder | Family agrees to accept body after five days
The Hindu
After five days of protest, kin consent to accept the body following talks with Speaker and Radhapuram MLA M. Appavu
The family of S. Mayandi, a 38-year-old grocer who was murdered on November 10 by an armed gang belonging to another caste, agreed to accept the body after holding talks with Speaker M. Appavu on Tuesday.
An enmity broke out between the administrators of Sudalai Temple in Seevalaperi and another intermediate caste of the village. The temple priest Durai alias Chidambaram was murdered in April last year while his brother-in-law suffered grievous injuries.
When grocer Mayandi motivated a witness of this murder to record his deposition without fear, the accused in the murder of Durai, after being enlarged on bail, murdered Mayandi also, the police said.
Agitated over this, the family of Mayandi refused to accept the body even after they held talks with Collector V. Vishnu in the presence of Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Avinash Kumar and Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli, P. Saravanan, on Monday.
When the members of Yadhava outfits tried to assemble near Veeran Azhagumuthu Kone statue on South Bazaar in Palayamkottai before taking out a procession towards the Collectorate, the police thwarted the attempt. After six of them, who participated in the protest, were picked up by the police, the procession attempt got dissipated.
Meanwhile, Mr. Appavu came to the Circuit House to hold talks with the family of murdered Mayandi and the representatives of Yadhava outfits. He assured them that he would take up this issue with the government and get a government job for a family member of Durai and Mayandi.
They accepted the assurance and the Speaker gave ₹5 lakh from his personal funds to the family of Mayandi with wife and two school-going children. When Mr. Appavu requested the family to receive the body, they promised to receive the body on Wednesday.