Naxal suspect Rupesh Madikeri attends court
Accused urges the release of Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferrera, P. Varvara Rao
Madikeri: The suspect Naxal Rupesh, who was found at the Kodagu's Mundrotu a few years ago, was produced before a court in Madikeri on Monday.
Rupesh, who was arrested by the Andhra police on the charges of the Naxal activity, is now in the custody of the Kerala police and is in Thrissur Prison. About five years ago, he along with his five associates was found in the Mundrotu forest area of Kodagu. The court is hearing this case.
He was again produced to the court for further inquiry.
The police, who brought Rupesh from Kerala to Madikeri on Sunday, had kept him at the district prison. Naxal suppression force, Kerala police, and Kodagu police officers
While alighting from the police van near the court building, Rupesh raised slogans in the favor of Maoists.
"Struggle is not a crime. Strivers, including Sudha Bharadvaj, Arun Ferrera, Paravar Rao; must be released," he urged.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
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.
