THOOTHUKUDI: Nearly 10 months after Marshal Yesuvadian’s father was murdered by sand smugglers for his efforts to curb sand mining in the district, the late government officer’s son has taken the baton to carry his legacy forward. Marshal recently cleared the civil court judge exams conducted by TNPSC.
Lourthu Francis, a village administrative officer, was murdered by Ramasubramanian alias Ramasubbu (42) and Marimuthu (32) on April 25, 2023, at his office at Murappanadu Kovilpathu village, along Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli national highway.
The accused individuals were sentenced to life by the Thoothukudi session court following an intervention from the Madras High Court. The state government granted a government job for Francis’ wife Ponsittal on compassionate grounds. The state government had also granted a government job for Francis’ wife Ponsittal on compassionate grounds. But nothing could fill the void.
“I have finally fulfilled my father’s dream,” Marshal had earlier told TNIE, adding the inexplicable trauma and agony that he had felt after his father’s demise. Marshal had completed his schooling from the government-aided school in Pudukkottai, and was practising law at the High Court benches in Madurai and Chennai, after completing law studies from a private college in Chennai.
Lauding Marshal for turning stones into milestones, Thoothukudi SP L Balaji Saravanan visited him at his house at Soosaipandiyapuram near Pudukkottai, and appreciated him for tiding over the trauma and clearing the exam in a year.