<p>Two men have been sentenced to death by a special court here for the brutal murder of four members of a Dalit family, including two children, at a village in the district in 2007.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge T S Nandhakumar of the Special Court, formed under the Protection of Civil Rights (SC/ST) Act, also sentenced Katturaja (32) and Vettum Perumal (33) to five terms of life imprisonment which will run consecutively.<br /><br />In his order yesterday, the Judge slapped a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh on each of them.<br />According to Prosecution, Katturaja suspected that his 29-year-old wife had an affair with one Jayakumar, a care-taker of a farm house at Meenavankulam near Kalakaadu in the District.<br /><br />He informed his close relative Perumal about his suspicion. Both of them hatched a plot to murder Jayakumar.<br /><br />On April 19, 2007, the duo went to the farm house and hacked to death Jayakumar after a chase. Later, they hacked Jayakumar's wife who tried to protect her husband.<br /><br />Though Indhira (11) and Chitra (8), daughters of the couple, bolted themselves inside the house after witnessing the murders, Katturaja and Perumal broke open the door and killed them also.<br /><br />The sensational quadruple murder sent shock waves in the area then.<br />The special judge said the prosecution had proved the brutal murders, including that of young and innocent girl children and the innocent wife of Jayakumar.</p>
<p>Two men have been sentenced to death by a special court here for the brutal murder of four members of a Dalit family, including two children, at a village in the district in 2007.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge T S Nandhakumar of the Special Court, formed under the Protection of Civil Rights (SC/ST) Act, also sentenced Katturaja (32) and Vettum Perumal (33) to five terms of life imprisonment which will run consecutively.<br /><br />In his order yesterday, the Judge slapped a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh on each of them.<br />According to Prosecution, Katturaja suspected that his 29-year-old wife had an affair with one Jayakumar, a care-taker of a farm house at Meenavankulam near Kalakaadu in the District.<br /><br />He informed his close relative Perumal about his suspicion. Both of them hatched a plot to murder Jayakumar.<br /><br />On April 19, 2007, the duo went to the farm house and hacked to death Jayakumar after a chase. Later, they hacked Jayakumar's wife who tried to protect her husband.<br /><br />Though Indhira (11) and Chitra (8), daughters of the couple, bolted themselves inside the house after witnessing the murders, Katturaja and Perumal broke open the door and killed them also.<br /><br />The sensational quadruple murder sent shock waves in the area then.<br />The special judge said the prosecution had proved the brutal murders, including that of young and innocent girl children and the innocent wife of Jayakumar.</p>