Thrissur: Bihar native Ashfaq Alam (30), the accused in the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Aluva, was beaten up in Viyyur jail on Monday. Ashfaq's head was injured in a fight with fellow inmate Rahilal. He was taken to the hospital, treated and then locked back in a cell. The police have registered a case based on his complaint.

On July 28, 2024, Ashfaq abducted the child of a couple from Bihar and brutally raped her before murdering her. On the morning of July 29, her body was found tied in a sack in the Aluva market area. The Ernakulam POCSO Court sentenced Ashfaq Alam to death and five life terms for abduction, rape and murder. The court, accepting the prosecution's argument, that the case was among the rarest of the rare, observed that the accused did not deserve any leniency and that he was a threat to the entire society. Judge K Soman, who presided over the trial, pronounced the sentence on the 110th day of completing the trial.

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