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{{Short description|2015 murder in India}}
{{Use MDY dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox event
| date = June 23, 2015
| time =
| Location = Pallipalayam, [[Namakkal district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| type = [[Murder]], [[Honor killing]]
| cause = [[Inter-caste marriages in India|Inter-caste marriage]]
| title = Murder of Gokulraj
| convicted = Yuvaraj and 7 others
| convictions = [[Murder]]
| sentence = [[Life imprisonment]]
}}
Gokulraj was kidnapped on June 23, 2015 and murdered in Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. Gokularaj, a [[Dalit]], was in love with Swathi. Gokularaj was murdered in an [[honor killing]] by Yuvaraj and others.<ref name="q172">{{cite web | title=Gokulraj murder case: Madras HC upholds life imprisonment for Yuvaraj | website=The News Minute | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/gokulraj-murder-case-madras-hc-upholds-life-imprisonment-yuvaraj-177984 | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="d369">{{cite web | last=Ranjani | first=Lalitha | title=What is the Gokulraj murder case all about? | website=The Hindu | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/explained-what-is-the-dalit-youth-gokulraj-murder-case-in-tn-namakkal-all-about/article66922944.ece | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

Vishnupriya a [[Deputy superintendent of police|Deputy Superintendent of Police]] in Tiruchengode, Namakkal district committed suicide. She was investigating the murder case of Gokulraj.<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/Nov/22/cjm-court-orders-to-investigate-seven-persons-in-dsp-vishnupriyas-suicide-case-2065462.html</ref><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/court-accepts-cbis-closure-report-in-dsp-vishnupriya-case/article30527380.ece</ref><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/66928926-DSP-Vishnupriya-suicide-note.PDF</ref> It is alleged that she committed suicide due to stress from the higher officials of the police in this case. DMK, Congress, and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Nadu are protesting for a CBI probe into the case. However, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa]] announced in the Legislative Assembly that there is no need for a CBI probe and that the police will investigate.

Vishnupriya's police friend and Keezhakkarai Deputy Superintendent of Police Maheshwari said, "Honest people are treated poorly by higher authorities. The police can do whatever they want; whatever they want will happen" (September 20, 2015 - Tamil The Hindu). She alleged that higher authorities pressured Vishnupriya in the Gokulraj murder case and pressured her to arrest unrelated people and charge them under the Prevention of Gangsters Act.

==Background==
Gokulraj, an engineering student, was abducted on June 23, 2015 from the Arthanareeswarar temple in Tiruchengode where he was visiting, along with his friend Swathi, by Yuvaraj and others. Yuvaraj ran a network which would work towards preventing inter-caste marriages, especially between Gounder women and men of lowered castes. Gokulraj's headless body was found at the railway tracks in Pallipalayam.<ref name="q172">{{cite web | title=Gokulraj murder case: Madras HC upholds life imprisonment for Yuvaraj | website=The News Minute | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/gokulraj-murder-case-madras-hc-upholds-life-imprisonment-yuvaraj-177984 | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="b442">{{cite web | title=கோகுல் ராஜ் கொலை வழக்கு: "சாதி என்கிற பேயின் பிடியில் நடந்த கொலை” | website=BBC News தமிழ் | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/cqvq2g36l2yo | language=ta | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="c759">{{cite web | last=விஜயானந்த் | first=ஆ | title=கோகுல்ராஜ் கொலை: `சாதி வெறியின் மற்றொரு ரத்த சரித்திரம்' -தீர்ப்பின் முக்கிய அம்சங்கள் | website=BBC News தமிழ் | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/india-60677519 | language=ta | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

==Court proceedings==
[[Madras High Court]] upheld the life imprisonment on Yuvaraj and 7 others.<ref name="q535">{{cite web | last=Madhav | first=Pramod | title=Gokulraj murder case: Madras High court upholds life sentence of 8 convicts | website=India Today | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/law/story/gokulraj-murder-case-madras-high-court-upholds-life-sentence-of-8-convicts-2388138-2023-06-02 | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="a802">{{cite web | last=Ahmed | first=Z Shabbir | title=Conviction in Gokulraj murder should deter caste criminals, say activists | website=The News Minute | date=8 March 2022 | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/conviction-gokulraj-murder-should-deter-caste-criminals-say-activists-161698 | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="z665">{{cite web | title=Gokulraj murder: Family slams parole for convict Yuvaraj | website=The News Minute | date=20 March 2025 | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/tn-dalit-youth-gokulrajs-family-slams-parole-and-felicitation-of-his-murderer | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Crime in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Honour killing in India]]
[[Category:Caste-related violence in India]]
[[Category:Honor killing victims]]

Murder of Gokulraj - Revision history

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