Sunday, November 27 2005 15:00 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Pondicherry: Trial in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main accused, will commence at a sessions court here, tomorrow (Nov 28,2005), amid stepped up security in the court vicinity.

The trial, slated to commence at 10.00 AM, would be conducted by the Principal District and Sessions Judge M Chinnapandi.

Police said security would be strengthened in and around the court to ensure its smooth functioning.

The case was transferred from a Chengalpattu sessions court to a Pondicherry court on October 26 by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by the seer, who apprehended that he may not get a fair trial if it is held in Tamil Nadu.

The Tamil Nadu police has handed over all case records to the trial court here.

Besides, the two Seers, 22 others have been arraigned in the case pertaining to the September 3, 2004 murder of Sankararaman, Manager of the Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram, in the temple premises.

Another accused Ravi Subramanian, a building contractor, has turned approver.