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