Kerala court convicts 8 BJP-RSS workers for killing CPI(M) activist in 2013
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 10: A Kerala court on Friday found eight BJP-RSS workers guilty in a case of beating and stabbing to death a CPI(M) activist near Alamcode here in May 2013.
Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Judge IV Aaj Sudarsan found Shambhu Kumar alias Shambhu, Sreejith alias Unni, Harikumar, Chandramohan alias Ambili and Santhosh alias Chandu, guilty for the offence of murder under the IPC.
The court found three others -- Abhishek alias Anni Santhosh, Prashanth alias Pazhinji Prashanth and Sajeev -- guilty of being part of the criminal conspiracy to commit the offence of murder, special public prosecutor (SPP) A A Hakkim said.
It will pronounce their sentences on January 15, the SPP said.
According to the prosecution, the reason behind the killing of the victim -- Sreekumar alias Ashokan -- was a financial dispute between his friend Aad Binu and one of the accused, Shambhu.
Sreekumar had intervened in the financial row and caused injuries to Shambhu, the SPP said.
Subsequently, the eight accused hatched a plan to retaliate and beat up and stabbed to death the victim near Alamcode on May 5, 2013, the prosecutor said.
The SPP also said that eight other accused in the case -- who were charged with destruction of evidence and helping the attackers to abscond -- were acquitted due to lack of evidence against them.
The prosecution examined 45 witnesses and placed 110 documents before the court in support of its contentions, the SPP said.
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Biker injured, leopard dies in road accident near forest area in Shivamogga
Shivamogga: A leopard was killed after being hit by a motorcycle near Mandagadde in Thirthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district.
According to reports, the biker was travelling from Shivamogga towards Thirthahalli when the leopard suddenly came onto the road from a nearby forest area near Mandagadde. The rider is said to have lost control of the bike and crashed into the animal.
The leopard suffered severe injuries in the impact and died on the spot. The biker also fell onto the road along with the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to a hospital in Shivamogga for further treatment.
After receiving information about the incident, forest department officials, including Gajanur RFO Vinay Kumar, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
