
HC seeks counter from State in temple priest murder case
The Hindu
Wife of the deceased has demanded a CB-CID probe
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday sought a counter affidavit from the State in the case of alleged murder of a Scheduled Caste temple priest in Pudukkottai district by a group of caste Hindus.
Justice G. Ilangovan directed the State to file a counter in the petition, filed by K. Villayi, wife of temple priest Karuppaiah, seeking a re-postmortem of the body and a CB-CID probe into the incident.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.