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In total, 14 CPM workers were convicted in the case.
A reading of Judge Seshadrinathan's 307-page judgment reveals how CPM activists painted targets on the backs of Kripesh and Sarathlal in the months leading up to their brutal murders.
The bold stand taken by prosecution witness 130, (Pakkam) Madhavan, the journalist at the time of investigation and at the time of trial is appreciated, the judge wrote.
The only other instance in which a legislator from Kerala was convicted in a murder case dates back to 1978.
Latha and her daughter Amrutha were in court along with P V Krishnan and Krishnapriya, Kripesh's father and sister.
As many as 83 material objects were produced in the court for examination, and the prosecutor relied on this to furnish scientific evidence.
Suni was at the court for a proceeding in the 2006 Muhammad Fasal murder case in which he is the main accused.
Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan stated that with CPM leaders among the convicted, the party’s repeated claims of having no role in the murders hold no ground.
On February 17, 2019, Kripesh and Sarathlal - two active and popular Youth Congress workers - were brutally hacked to death at Kalliyot near Kasaragod's Periya, during the build-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Almost 6 years later, 14 of the 24 accused were convicted and sentenced by a CBI special
Advocate Padmanabhan said that the brutal killings had jolted the conscience of the people and the quantum of sentence awarded to convicts was satisfying.
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