CBI court finds six policemen guilty of Udaya Kumar's custodial murder
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, July 24: Delivering relief to an aged mother who knocked all the doors to ensure that justice is done to her son whose life was cut short by callous men in uniform, the CBI Special Court on Tuesday found all the six policemen guilty in connection with the custodial murder of Udaya Kumar, a 27-year-old youth, at Fort Police station on September 27, 2005.
K Jithukumar and S V Sreekumar, who took Udaya Kumar and his friend Suresh Kumar to the station from a park in the city, were found guilty of murder while T Ajith Kumar (then S I), E K Sabu (then C I) and T K Haridas (then Assistant Commissioner) have been found guilty of fabricating evidences and hatching conspiracy. The third accused Soman, who was an additional sub-inspector at the time of murder, died during the trial. The quantum of punishment will be announced on Wednesday by CBI special court judge J Nasser. The first two accused were sent to remand while the rest have been asked to appear before the court on Wednesday.
Udaya Kumar and Suresh were whiling away time at Sreekandeshwaram Park when constables Jithukumar and Sreekumar apprehended them after they found `4500 in his pocket. Suspecting that the cash was stolen, the policemen took them to Fort station for interrogation. The duo were subjected to brutal third-degree treatment in a bid to extract confession from them. Udaya Kumar was also subjected to 'Uruttal'- a colloquial term used to mention the torture method where the lower limbs are crushed using a heavy wooden pestle-something that was widely used on naxal sympathisers in Kerala during the Emergency period.
The case that was investigated initially by the State Police before being taken over by the CBI witnessed several setbacks as witnesses, including Suresh and several police officers, turned hostile while there were efforts to fabricate evidence to implicate Udaya Kumar in theft case.
Courtesy: www.newindianexpress.com
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
