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Titu, the convict, disclosed to the District Judge that certain jail officers had assaulted him on January 1 over liquor consumption by some convicts on Christmas eve.
Kevin P Joseph, a 24-year-old Dalit Christian youth from Kottayam, was abducted and murdered in May, 2018 in a case of honour killing.
The series of events that culminated in Kevin's murder included abduction and assault; the delay over police probe, an excuse over providing security for the Kerala Chief Minister, cops taking bribe, attempts to scuttle the probe, and the opposition stalling the assembly.
The court had convicted 10 of the 14 accused for honour killing on August 22. This is the first conviction for honour killing in Kerala.
DySP Girish P Sarathy admitted to the error during a cross examination by the defence side.
Kottayam East Police registered a case against them after a few policemen from the the Armed Reserve Camp deployed to accompany them complained about the conduct during the first day of the ongoing trial.
Ramshid, a friend of accused number nine Tittu Gerome, takes the number of hostile witnesses in Kevin case to six.
The court then cancelled their bail order and remanded them in custody after the 37th witness, Rajesh, gave a statement in court that he was assaulted by them.
Kevin’s father Joseph told the court on Monday that two days before the abduction that led to his son's murder, Chacko Joseph, the father of his son's lover Neenu, had approached him seeking her release.