Indian court reserves order on petition by Douglas Devananda
October 16, 2012 10:58 pm
An Indian court on Tuesday reserved its orders on a petition of Sri Lankan Minister
Douglas Devananda seeking exemption from personal appearance in connection with
a murder case.
Sessions court Judge S Rajagopalan reserved
orders over Devananda’s petition to October 18.
Arguments over the petition filed by the Lankan Minister had commenced on October 12.
Devananda, presently minister for traditional
industries in Sri Lanka, was allegedly involved in a murder here in 1986 and
was later declared a proclaimed offender. A Non-Bailable Warrant is also been
pending against him.
He had moved court on September 11 to recall the
NBW and submitted that a case had been registered against him and five others
under various sections of the IPC.
Douglas
had submitted his life was still in danger from LTTE ‘sleeper cells’ both in
Sri Lanka and abroad and his visit to Tamil Nadu to appear in connection with
the case would create a law and order problem here.
He had prayed that his personal appearance
before the court in Chennai be dispensed with. (PTI)
