Six Tamil fundamentalists convicted for planting bomb near former Puducherry CM Narayanasamy's house

PUDUCHERRY: A special court in Puducherry on Friday convicted six Tamil fundamentalists for planting a powerful bomb near the house of former chief minister V Narayanasamy. Puducherry chief judge J Selvanadhan, who handles cases booked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), will pass an order with complete details on the conviction and the punishment of the six people later in the day.


One of the employees of Narayanasamy found the bomb under a car parked in front of Narayanasamy's house on January 23, 2014. A police team reached the spot with a bomb disposal squad and removed the explosive. An expert team from Tamil Nadu safely diffused the bomb on the Uppalam port premises the next day.

The bomb contained commercial explosive 'Gelx'. It had 21 electrical detonators and 12 non-electrical detonators. Police confirmed that the bomb was a powerful one and if it had detonated, it would have caused loss of life and property.

On February 11, 2014, a similar type of pipe bomb was recovered near the Reliance supermarket at Uthangudi in Madurai.

In March 2014, the Tamil Nadu Q branch arrested four activists owing allegiance to Tamilar Viduthalai Padai. The four were identified as R Thiruselvam, 33, his brother R Kalai Lingam, 37, M Tamilarasan alias Thangaraj, 38 and Kaviarasu alias Raja, 30 all hailing from Sivaganga district. Two more people - Karthik alias Aadhi alias Jeeva and John Martin alias Ilanthanal - were arrested later for their involvement in the crime.

Police inquiries revealed that these men had planted the bombs to protest the decision of the then Congress-led UPA government in permitting foreign direct investment in the retail sector. Narayanasamy was the Union minister of state for Prime Minister’s Office.

The NIA took over the case in March 2014.



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