Thursday, December 04, 2008

‘Dead’ man appears in court, says acquit those who ‘killed’ me

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After spending three years in jail for ‘killing’ a young man, freedom is finally in sight for four brothers. Almost a decade ago, Ram Kumar, Ram Pratap, Ram Kripal and Santosh Kumar were booked for murder, and even though the ‘victim’ Ram Sajiwan was found to be alive and well within months, the case against them was not dropped.

On Wednesday, the accused men saw some hope of justice when the ‘dead man’ finally appeared in court. “I am alive, please free those four brothers accused of my murder,” Ram Sajiwan told the court.

The saga began on January 16, 1999, when Chandrakala, a resident of Bajauli village, lodged an FIR with Patranga police station stating that her son, Sajiwan, was missing. In the complaint, she accused the four brothers, who lived in the same village, of murdering him.

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