Indian-Origin Man Faces Death Penalty For Murder In Singapore

The victim died when the prime mover he was driving crashed, after a dispute with the accused, sitting next to him.

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An Indian-origin man in Singapore was, on Saturday, 17 February, charged in a court with the murder of a fellow worker at a construction site, according to PTI.

Saravanan Arimuram, 31, faces death penalty for the alleged murder of Sivakumar Perumal, 43, who suffered injuries to his face and chest on Thursday, and died later, The Straits Times reported.

Arimuram allegedly got into a fight with Perumal, who was then driving a prime mover and he was a passenger. Apart from the two, an 18-year-old man was also travelling on the prime mover, which crashed along Jurong Town Hall Road in the Singapore’s suburb industrial estate.

The report said, quoting the police statement:

Preliminary investigations revealed that the accident was believed to have occurred following a dispute between the deceased and the suspect.

According to the court papers, it was not clear whether Perumal’s injuries were caused by the accident or they were inflicted before the crash. He was remanded to police custody and will be produced in the court on 23 February. If convicted of murder, Perumal will face the death penalty.

Arimuram, who was dressed in a bright yellow tank-top with the words “Yellow Ribbon Project”, kept his eyes closed in the dock as the charge was read out to him. The Yellow Ribbon Project, started as a community initiative in Singapore in 2004, aims to create awareness about the need to give a second chance to ex-offenders released from prison.