Two get life-term for murder in Salem
A court in Salem has sentenced two individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of a couple during a property dispute. The incident occurred in 2025, and two other original suspects passed away during the trial process.
Why it matters
This case highlights the severity of property-related violence and the legal consequences for perpetrators within the Indian judicial system.
Two persons were sentenced to life in prison, on Tuesday (July 28, 2026), for murdering their two relatives in a property dispute.
According to the police, on March 23, 2025, when Sakthivel (35), a resident of Sonapadi near Yercaud, a farmer and his wife Vasuki were travelling on a two-wheeler, a gang attacked and killed them. The Yercaud police registered a case and arrested their relatives C. Kanagaraj (32), C. Rajadurai (31), T. Ganesan (33) and T. Chandran (32) and remanded them in prison. Inquiries revealed that the gang killed the couple in a property dispute.
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