Thursday, February 10 2005 13:11 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kancheepuram: The scheduled serving of the chargesheet on all the 24 accused in the Sankararaman murder case did not take place today (Feb 10, 2005) as the copies of the voluminous chargesheet appeared to be not ready.

Though official reason for this was not given, sources said that the copies were not ready as yet.

All the 24 accused in the murder, including the two Seers, Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi, appeared before the first class judicial magistrate, G Uthamaraj, this afternoon and their remand was extended till February 24.

Those who are out on bail have also been asked to appear before the court on February 24.

After the senior Seer's arrest on November 11, this is the first time in three months that both the Seers appeared together in court.