Kerala court awards death sentence to 15 PFI/SDPI members in BJP leader murder case
It is for the first time in Kerala that so many people have been sentenced to death in a single case.
It is for the first time in Kerala that so many people have been sentenced to death in a single case.
Srinivasan, an OBC wing leader of the BJP, was brutally killed in front of his mother, wife and daughter in Alappuzha district in December 2021.
Bangladeshi native Hilaluddin and Nafikul Biswas, a resident of West Bengal, were declared guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Kumar Rai on December 22.
“We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been reduced,” the MEA said in a statement.
Reacting to their death sentence, the external affairs ministry had earlier expressed its "deep shock" and said that it was exploring all the legal options to challenge the Qatar court verdict.
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Aurraiya district has awarded the death sentence to a man who was convicted for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl earlier this year.
Balwant Singh Rajoana is a convict in the case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination.
The convict, a Tamil Nadu man, Sundar alias Sundararajan, had kidnapped and murdered a seven-year-old boy in 2009 following the inability of the victims’ parents to meet the demand of the ransom of Rs 5 lakh.
Judge Ambalal R Patel announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the families of the deceased, Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for those who suffered minor injuries.
During the hearing, the court lent ears to 24 witnesses and studied the DNA test report of the girl. After that, based on all the evidence and statements of witnesses, the judge announced a death sentence to rapist 26-year-old Nokaram alias Dharma.