A former local secretary of the CPI(M) to death and awarded life imprisonment to five others for the murder of a Congress worker at Chertala in 2009. A fast track court here on Saturday sentenced the punishments for the murder of a congress worker.
The Alapuzha Fast Track Court Judge, Anil Kumar, pronounced the verdict this morning. The court found that R Baiju was the main conspirator in the case and sentenced the death to him.
The prosecution case was that Baiju and the others went to the residence of Divakaran on December 9, 2009, to sell a coir product as part of the then Left government’s scheme to promote such products.
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However, Divakaran denied to buy them, saying they were priced too high, leading to a heated argument. He was then hit on the head and suffered serious wounds. He succumbed at a hospital after a week.
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