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CHENNAI, INDIA, February 22, 2005: The Tamil Nadu police have filed another case against the senior pontiff Jayendra Saraswati. The allegation this time is that, through his lawyers, he has tried to threaten approver Ravi Subramaniam. (An “approver” is a person charged in a case who pleads guilty and offers to testify against the other persons charged in exchange for leniency.) A fresh case has been filed against the Kanchi seer based on a complaint made by the wife of accused-turned-approver Ravi Subramaniam. In her complaint, Subramaniam’s wife has alleged that two Mutt lawyers, Revathy and Nadira Banu went into the Chengelpet sub-jail and threatened Ravi Subramaniam apart from offering him a huge sum of money to retract his statement. But what’s worrying for the Kanchi Shankaracharya is that the police have now accused him of getting his lawyers to threaten the approver. When the Supreme Court granted the senior pontiff bail, he had to give an undertaking that he will not tamper with evidence. But with this fresh case the prosecution is already discussing plans to move the apex court again for cancellation of the acharya’s bail. Even his lawyers have been charged with the same offence and the senior pontiff and his lawyers have already moved the courts for anticipatory bail in this fresh case.

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