<p>Slain forest brigand Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi on Tuesday expressed her solidarity with the human right activists who are seeking commutation of the death sentence of his four associates.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Participating in a demonstration held in front of Town Hall here, Muthulakshmi said people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should forget their differences and join hands to save lives of the four convicts. <br /><br />“Media and government is projecting the four men as Veerappan’s associates. In fact, these men were lifted from their homes and sent to jail. Nobody, including the police, have an idea of what happened inside the forest during Veerappan’s time,” she said.<br />South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM), People's Union for Civil Liberties and other human rights organisations under the banner of National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, Karnataka chapter, participated in the protest. <br /><br />Memorandum submitted<br /><br />Later, members of these organisations submitted a memorandum to Governor H R Bharadwaj. <br /><br />Mathews Philip, executive director, SICHREM said execution by hanging was a crime in civil society. <br /><br />“We are not against punishment for wrong doers. But, the method of punishment is what we are opposing,” he said.</p>
<p>Slain forest brigand Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi on Tuesday expressed her solidarity with the human right activists who are seeking commutation of the death sentence of his four associates.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Participating in a demonstration held in front of Town Hall here, Muthulakshmi said people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should forget their differences and join hands to save lives of the four convicts. <br /><br />“Media and government is projecting the four men as Veerappan’s associates. In fact, these men were lifted from their homes and sent to jail. Nobody, including the police, have an idea of what happened inside the forest during Veerappan’s time,” she said.<br />South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM), People's Union for Civil Liberties and other human rights organisations under the banner of National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, Karnataka chapter, participated in the protest. <br /><br />Memorandum submitted<br /><br />Later, members of these organisations submitted a memorandum to Governor H R Bharadwaj. <br /><br />Mathews Philip, executive director, SICHREM said execution by hanging was a crime in civil society. <br /><br />“We are not against punishment for wrong doers. But, the method of punishment is what we are opposing,” he said.</p>
