Court acquits All accused in Muthanga cop murder case
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 1 -- A court on Friday acquitted all the accused in connection with the murder of police constable KV Vinod in 2003 during the Adivasi agitation for land rights in Muthanga in Kerala's Wayanad district. Meanwhile, the court has convicted four people, including tribal leader M Geethanandan, for involvement in a connecting attempt-to-murder case.
Vinod (29), attached to the Kerala Armed Police 4th Battalion in Kannur, was detained allegedly by tribal protesters inside a shed after the police opened fire on the agitators to evict them from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Muthanga on February 19, 2003. The constable later succumbed to fatal injuries sustained after being hacked with a sword to the back of his head.
Kalpetta sessions judge Ayyoob Khan E ruled that Asokan, who passed away during the course of trial, hacked Vinod on the back of his head after witnessing his associate Jogi being shot dead in police firing.
At the same time, the Kalpetta sessions court found four accused - Geethanandan, Binu, Rameshan and Anilkumar - guilty of involvement in the kidnapping and attempt to murder of police constable Abdul Salam and range officer PK Sasidharan. The four accused were convicted under several sections of IPC and CrPC....
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