Thodupuzha: An accused in the Abhimanyu murder case who came to study at a private college in Thodupuzha was stopped by SFI workers.
Muhammad Riza, 26th accused in the murder case of Ernakulam Maharajas College student Abhimanyu, had secured admission for LLB in the private college.
Though the classes had started earlier, Riza turned up only on Thursday. This prompted SFI workers to stage a strike saying that a murder case accused won't be allowed to study in the college.
The SFI activists closed the gate of the college and didn't let students inside. Later, the police arrived and held talks with protesting activists.
Arrested in the Abhimanyu murder case, Riza had got bail from the court. College authorities said that Riza was given admission on the basis of a court order and the striking students have been briefed about this.
Abhimanyu, 20, a second-year undergraduate student and leader of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI),
was stabbed to death on the campus on July 2 after an altercation between SFI and Campus Front activists.
The special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder submitted a detailed charge-sheet in the judicial first class magistrate court in Ernakulam in September. The 1,500-page charge-sheet says Mekkaatt Sahal Hamsa, a 21-year-old worker of the Popular Front of India (PFI), hailing from Nettoor, Kochi, stabbed the youngster to death.
The charge-sheet names JA Mohammed, Campus Front unit secretary of Maharaja's College, as the prime accused. The police list 16 activists of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the Campus Front, and the PFI as accused. The charge-sheet has also named 10 co-accused in the case, on the basis of their direct and indirect involvement in the crime. Mohammed Shahim, 31, hailing from Palluruthy had been named as accused for stabbing Arjun, another SFI activist and Abhimanyu's friend.
