CHENNAI: CPM State secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday welcomed the judgment of the Krishnagiri Principal District Sessions Court awarding three life sentences and an additional 10-year imprisonment to the accused in the Subash caste killing case, calling it a significant step against caste-based violence in Tamil Nadu.

In a statement, he said Anusuya, a woman from a Scheduled Caste community in Kollapuram village in Ariyalur district, and Subash, aged 28, from Arunapathi village near Uthangarai in Krishnagiri district, who belonged to a Backward Class community, had married against opposition on March 27, 2023.

On April 14, 2023, responding to a call from Subash’s grandmother Kannammal, the couple visited her house. In the early hours of April 15, Subash’s father, Dhandapani, allegedly a

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