Chennai, Nov 15, 2025

CPI-M’s Tamil Nadu state Secretary P. Shanmugam on Saturday welcomed the verdict of the Krishnagiri court awarding three life sentences and an additional 10-year jail term to the accused in the Subash caste killing case.

Describing the Krishnagiri Principal District Sessions Court’s judgment as a “significant step” in the fight against caste-based violence in Tamil Nadu, he said the ruling sends a clear and stern message to those attempting to enforce caste supremacy through brutality.

The case stemmed from the marriage of Anusuya, a woman from a Scheduled Caste community in Kollapuram village in Ariyalur district, and Subash, 28, who belonged to a Backward Class community from Arunapathi near Uthangarai in Krishnagiri.

The couple married on March 27, 2023, despit

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