Kerala Court finds accused guilty in Dr Vandana Das murder case; sentencing on March 19

The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Tuesday found the accused in the sensational Dr Vandana Das murder case guilty. The court will pronounce the sentence on March 19.

Dr Vandana Das was stabbed to death by a police detainee who had been brought for medical treatment by the police to the Government Taluk Hospital, Kottarakkara, in Kerala’s Kollam district in the early hours of May 10, 2023.

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The accused, S. Sandeep, fatally stabbed the doctor at the Kottarakkara Government Hospital at around 4 a.m. on May 10, 2023. Vandana Das later succumbed to her injuries at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

The victim, Vandana Das, had completed her MBBS from the Azizia Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kollam, and was doing her house surgency at the Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital. She hailed from Kaduthuruthy in Kottayam district.

The accused, S Sandeep, 42, a teacher at an upper primary school, also attacked four others at the hospital, including policemen who had brought him for a medical examination.

Sandeep was taken into custody from his house on the night of May 9, 2023, after he turned violent and attacked his family members. The police went to his house following a complaint from his family regarding his violent behaviour.

As the accused had sustained a minor injury to his leg, a police team took him to the hospital for a mandatory medical examination, where he turned violent without provocation and stabbed Vandana.