A Tamil Nadu court Friday sentenced to death three AIADMK cadres for the murder of three young women charred to death in a bus during a protest by the party seven years ago.
The fourth AIADMK worker, convicted for complicity, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the additional district sessions judge here.
On Feb 2, 2000, a bus carrying Tamil Nadu Agricultural University students was returning to Coimbatore from a study tour at Dharmapuri when it was set ablaze by a mob protesting the conviction of their leader, former chief minister J. Jayalalitha, in a corruption case.
Three girl students -- V. Kokilavani, Gayathri and Hemalatha -- were trapped inside the bus and were burnt alive and 18 students injured.
Friday, February 16, 2007
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