Kasaragod, October 20: In the election held for Kerala Assembly in 2016, the result of Manjeshwar constituency had drawn the attraction of the entire country. People on their toes till the completion of counting of votes of last polling station. But when the result was announced, P.B. Abdul Razaq had won with a margin of 89 votes. Later, Abdul Razaq had made his winning margin as his car number.
P.B. Abdul Razaq had got 56,870 votes, while his opponent BJP candidate K. Surendran had got 56,781 votes. The Manjeshwar constituency was a prestige issue for the BJP which has been contesting from the constituency in many elections. But finally, the luck turned towards Abdurrazaq. Now, the MLA has made his victory margin of 89 as his car number. But BJP candidate K. Surendran has moved the Karnataka High Court alleging that fake votes were voted in the election and waiting for the court decision.
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Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
