SC stays execution of four Veerappan aides till Wednesday

February 18, 2013 12:02

The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of four aides of Sandalwood bandit Veerappan till Wednesday. The four men were sentenced to death for killing 22 policemen and others in a landmine blast in Karnataka in Palar. President Pranab Mukherjee rejected their mercy petitions last week. In Tamil Nadu, Veerappan's wife V Muthulakshmi plans to protest against the death sentence by blocking a road in Erode district. More

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