06 October 2004 :

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence by the Kollam Sessions Court awarded to Rama Subramanian alias Mani for murdering his employer- a widow and her three children. The accused hailed from Thirutharappapuram at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. The prosecution alleged he had murdered Sabithabeevi, 38, her three children, Jasmin, 13, Jiyas, 9, and Navas, 6, and had robbed her gold ornaments. The murder took place in August, 1999. According to the prosecution, Hashim, husband of Sabithabeevi had brought the accused from Tirunelveli and employed him as a servant on his poultry farm. Hashim died in 1997. His widow then entrusted the task of running the poultry farm to the accused. Subramanian was sacked from his job after it was found that he was misbehaving with her daughter Jasmin. The accused took vengeance by committing the murders.