Kerala: Death row convict in minor's rape-murder case assaulted in Viyyur jail in Thrissur
Thrissur (PTI): A Bihari man facing a death sentence for raping and murdering a minor girl at Aluva in 2023 was assaulted by a co-prisoner at the Viyyur Central Jail in Thrissur, police said here on Tuesday.
Viyyur police have registered a case and started an investigation into the incident, they said.
The case was registered based on the complaint of Ashafaq Alam, 30, who was sentenced to death by Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court in November 2023.
According to police officials, Alam was stabbed using a spoon and assaulted by a co-prisoner, Rahilal, in the corridor in front of the fourth cell in the D-Block of Viyyur Central Jail at around 4 pm on Sunday.
Rahilal, hailing from Kottayam who was imprisoned in another criminal case, intercepted Alam and told him, "You are an accused in a murder case," the FIR stated.
Later, he took out a spoon and stabbed Alam on his head and face, it said. Then, he continued to abuse Alam verbally.
Soon, jail officials reached the place and provided medical aid to Alam.
Rahilal was shifted to a cell in another block to avoid any future confrontation.
Based on the complaint of Alam, Viyyur police registered a case under sections 118 and 296 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
It was on July 28, 2023, Alam abducted a five-year-old daughter of a Bihar native couple and took her to a place where garbage was dumped behind Aluva market. There, he raped the victim and smothered her to death.
The police, who started a probe into the child missing incident, arrested Alam from Aluva and recovered the body of the victim.
A police probe revealed that Alam also made sexual advances to a minor while he was staying in New Delhi.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
