<p>A trial court here on Wednesday sentenced seven persons to death in the sensational murder of a neurologist who was killed just outside the private hospital he was working in. Dr S D Subbiah, who was working with Billroth Hospitals in Chennai, was killed in broad daylight on September 14, 2013, while he was leaving the hospital premises after work. </p>.<p>Trial court judge I S Alli also sentenced two others to life sentence and released one accused who turned approver. The 58-year-old doctor was killed due to a dispute over a 2.4-acre plot that his family owned in his native village in the Kanyakumari district. </p>.<p>The murder of the doctor had sent shockwaves across the state as the body had more than 20 cuts. In his final arguments, Special Public Prosecutor N Vijayaraj demanded that the accused be sentenced to death for plotting the murder. </p>.<p>The slain doctor’s wife Shanthi Subbiah welcomed the verdict and thanked the judiciary for delivering justice to her husband. “This is a very emotional and private moment for us. We always believed judiciary and today the faith has been re-established,” she said.</p>
<p>A trial court here on Wednesday sentenced seven persons to death in the sensational murder of a neurologist who was killed just outside the private hospital he was working in. Dr S D Subbiah, who was working with Billroth Hospitals in Chennai, was killed in broad daylight on September 14, 2013, while he was leaving the hospital premises after work. </p>.<p>Trial court judge I S Alli also sentenced two others to life sentence and released one accused who turned approver. The 58-year-old doctor was killed due to a dispute over a 2.4-acre plot that his family owned in his native village in the Kanyakumari district. </p>.<p>The murder of the doctor had sent shockwaves across the state as the body had more than 20 cuts. In his final arguments, Special Public Prosecutor N Vijayaraj demanded that the accused be sentenced to death for plotting the murder. </p>.<p>The slain doctor’s wife Shanthi Subbiah welcomed the verdict and thanked the judiciary for delivering justice to her husband. “This is a very emotional and private moment for us. We always believed judiciary and today the faith has been re-established,” she said.</p>
