PUDUCHERRY: A special court in Puducherry on Friday convicted six activists of a Tamil nationalist group 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), convicted five activists of Tamilar Viduthalai Padai - R Thiruselvam, 33, his brother R Kalai Lingam, 37, Kaviarasu alias Raja, 30, Karthik alias Aadhi alias Jeeva and John Martin alias Ilanthanal - to seven years imprisonment and M Tamilarasan alias Thangaraj, 38, to five years imprisonment. The judge also slapped a fine of Rs 3,000 on Thiruselvam and Rs 3,500 each on the other five.
