On 18 July 2025, the Sivaganga District Court sentenced Roopesh alias Praveen, a senior Maoist man from Kerala, to life imprisonment for his involvement in a 2015 case related to the fraudulent procurement of a SIM card.
According to the prosecution, Roopesh has over 15 criminal cases pending against him in Tamil Nadu, including several in Sivaganga district. He was apprehended by Coimbatore police in 2015, during which multiple SIM cards were recovered from his possession. Investigations uncovered that one of the SIM cards was illegally obtained from a mobile store in Kanniyakumari, using the ration card of a farmer from Idayan Valasai, near Ilaiyangudi in Sivaganga. The SIM was reportedly used to facilitate Maoist operations, prompting authorities to register a case in Sivaganga.
Roopesh, currently incarcerated at Viyyur Central Prison in Kerala, was brought to the Sivaganga court amid tight security for the trial. After reviewing the evidence, Principal District Judge Arivoli found him guilty, sentencing him to life imprisonment and imposing a fine of ₹31,000. Following the verdict, Roopesh was escorted back to Viyyur Central Prison.
(With Inputs From TNIE)
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