"Welding" Kumar: Difference between revisions

He achieved notoriety in [[Tamil Nadu]] after the attack on lawyer R. Shanmugasundaram which happened on 30 May 1995. "Welding" Kumar became a household name when the CBI offered Rs. 3000 for information leading to his arrest. The DMK lawyer R. Shanmugasundaram was preparing a case against the then Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]] in the TANSI land scam case. The attack which left him severely injured infuriated the law community in Tamil Nadu and evoked statewide protests. Kumar was subsequently convicted in that case by a local court and sent to life in prison. The ruling was later confirmed by the High court.<ref name="steeped in crimes"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Life convict 'welding' Kumar murdered in Puzhal jail|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jgktkGdahbd&title=Life_convict_welding_Kumar_murdered_in_Puzhal_jail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205113338/http://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jgktkGdahbd&title=Life_convict_welding_Kumar_murdered_in_Puzhal_jail|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2014|publisher=Sify news|date=10 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| first = T.S.| last = Subramanian| title = Lifer for attack on lawyer| journal = Frontline| volume = 14| issue = 24| date = 29 November 1997| url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1424/14240400.htm| access-date = 2009-06-18| archive-url = https://archive.today/20040102014423/http://www.thehindu.com/fline/fl1424/14240400.htm| archive-date = 2004-01-02| url-status = dead}}</ref>