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The Additional District and Sessions Court astatine Manjeri connected Friday (November 28) convicted Shafeek Malangadan, 56, for the execution of Youth League idiosyncratic Manaf Palliparamban, which occurred 30 years agone astatine Othayi adjacent Edavanna.
Judge A.V. Tellus is scheduled to pronounce the condemnation connected Saturday (November 29). The tribunal recovered Shafeek, the archetypal accused, blameworthy nether IPC Section 302 for murder.
However, the tribunal acquitted Shafeek’s member Shareef, 54, Muneeb Kottapuram, 52, and Kabeer aka Jabir Payyanattuthodi, 52, arsenic the prosecution failed to beryllium their engagement successful the crime.
It was astir 11.30 a.m. connected April 13, 1995, that Manaf was fatally beaten and stabbed astatine Othayi bazaar successful beforehand of section crowds. P.V. Anvar, erstwhile MLA, arsenic good arsenic his begetter P.V. Shoukathali were among the accused. But Mr. Shoukathali died earlier the chargesheet was filed.
After the murder, 4 cardinal accused had fled the state and remained successful the Gulf for 25 years. They were brought location to look proceedings aft a prolonged ineligible conflict by Manaf’s family.
Mr. Anvar and 20 others successful the lawsuit were exonerated by the proceedings tribunal aft the premier witnesser turned hostile. The victim’s household had raised allegations against peculiar authoritative C. Sreedharan Nair, who aboriginal became Director General of Prosecutions, for the exoneration of Mr. Anvar and others. Mr. Nair was accused of colluding with the defence by neither taking enactment against the hostile witnesser nor examining different witnesses to unafraid a conviction.
A revision petition filed by Manaf’s brother, Abdul Razak, seeking the reversal of the exoneration of Mr. Anvar and 20 others is pending earlier the High Court.
Manaf’s uncle Aboobacker said they would entreaty against the acquittal of the 2nd accused Shareef. Manaf’s siblings Razak, Mansoor, and Rajeena said they were blessed that their 30-year-old ineligible conflict yielded results.
