India seeks clemency for killer

India seeks clemency for killer

INDIA: India has asked Singapore to commute the death sentence of
an Indian man convicted for murder, it was reported on Sunday.

The Indian government has asked the Singapore government to
show mercy and commute the death sentence to life imprisonment,
The Hindu newspaper reported.

The 24-year-old convict, V. Arunprakash, is accused of
stabbing to death his Indian room-mate, Lourduswamy Lenin
Selvanayagam, in December 2001.

Arunprakash told the police he and the victim got into an
argument that turned violent and he stabbed him in the heat of
the moment. He also said he took the victim to a hospital, where
he died, according to the report.

Arunprakash was found guilty by the Singapore High Court and
sentenced to death, a ruling subsequently confirmed by the
Supreme Court, the paper reported. --DPA