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The Mannarkkad Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Court announced the date of verdict while considering the case on Thursday.
Madhu, a tribal youth from Chindakki hamlet near Mukkali in Attappady, was captured from a cave in the forest and apparently beaten up by a group of men on charges of alleged theft on the fateful day.
Pinarayi Vijayan has said the meeting was proof that communal forces were united in crushing secularism and democratic values.
While it was first reported Vishwanathan died by suicide, police have now changed it to unnatural death.
The Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Alok Kumar said the police are verifying the genuineness of the organisation.
The 18-page report mentions that Madhu had faced brutal assault from the mob.
To date, 27 prosecution witnesses have turned hostile in the case.
Kakki was a temporary watcher with the forest department and he was sacked from the job after he turned hostile.
Madhu, a mentally unstable tribal youth had died on February 22, 2018 after being assaulted by locals at Mukkali in Attappady on charges of petty thefts.
Attappady has, in its cold air and calm tenor, two versions of the lynching story. An outsider can either take sides, seek the truth, or get lost in the vortex of the differing narratives.