https://sputniknews.in/20240130/kerala-court-sentences-15-pfi-associates-to-death-over-bjp-politicians-murder-6386863.html
Kerala Court Sentences 15 PFI Associates to Death over BJP Politician's Murder
Kerala Court Sentences 15 PFI Associates to Death over BJP Politician's Murder
Sputnik India
The Popular Front of India and its affiliates were banned by the federal home ministry in September 2022 for five years on charges of funding terrorism. The ban followed rounds of raids and the arrest of more than 300 people.
2024-01-30T19:52+0530
2024-01-30T19:52+0530
2024-01-30T19:52+0530
political affairs
india
kerala
popular front of india (pfi)
bharatiya janata party (bjp)
other backward class (obc)
murder
crime
hate crime
organised crime
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e8/01/1e/6386299_0:160:3072:1888_1920x0_80_0_0_b800dced7850b633ce909d0c0c3fd6b8.jpg
Fifteen men linked to the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were sentenced to death by a Kerala court on Tuesday in a case relating to the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician Ranjith Srinivasan.The court ruled that the accused identified as Nizam, Ajmal, Anoop, Moammed Aslam, Abdul Salam alias Salam Ponnad, Abdul Salam, Saffaruddin and Manshad were directly involved in the killing of Srinivasan, while four others were found guilty of murder for coming to the scene with lethal weapons.Apart from these 12, three others were convicted of conspiracy to murder.Meanwhile, lawyers for the accused asked the court to be lenient, saying it was not the "rarest of the rare" crime as similar murders had happened before.The BJP's OBC (Other Backward Class) wing leader Srinivasan was attacked and killed at his home in Alappuzha district of Kerala on 19 December. His murder was followed by that of KS Shaan of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), an affiliate of the PFI.
https://sputniknews.in/20221229/nia-raids-56-locations-linked-to-members-of-banned-popular-front-of-india-288756.html
india
kerala
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2024
Rahul Trivedi
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/136500_0:0:628:627_100x100_80_0_0_72097ff894c7446b70d2efafcb719720.jpg
Rahul Trivedi
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/136500_0:0:628:627_100x100_80_0_0_72097ff894c7446b70d2efafcb719720.jpg
News
en_IN
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Rahul Trivedi
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/136500_0:0:628:627_100x100_80_0_0_72097ff894c7446b70d2efafcb719720.jpg
popular front of india, social democratic party of india, pfi members death penalty by kerala court, ranjith srinivasan, rarest of the rare crime, murder of ranjith srinivasan, death penalty to 15 members linked to pfi
popular front of india, social democratic party of india, pfi members death penalty by kerala court, ranjith srinivasan, rarest of the rare crime, murder of ranjith srinivasan, death penalty to 15 members linked to pfi
Kerala Court Sentences 15 PFI Associates to Death over BJP Politician's Murder
The Popular Front of India and its affiliates were banned by the federal home ministry in September 2022 for five years on charges of funding terrorism. The ban followed rounds of raids and the arrest of more than 300 people.
Fifteen men linked to the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were sentenced to death by a Kerala court on Tuesday in a case relating to the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician Ranjith Srinivasan.
The court ruled that the accused identified as Nizam, Ajmal, Anoop, Moammed Aslam, Abdul Salam alias Salam Ponnad, Abdul Salam, Saffaruddin and Manshad were directly involved in the killing of Srinivasan, while four others were found guilty of murder for coming to the scene with lethal weapons.
The court said that those who came to the scene with lethal weapons were there to prevent the slain BJP politician from escaping and to stop anyone trying to help him.
Apart from these 12, three others were convicted of conspiracy to murder.
The prosecution argued that the accused constituted a “trained killer squad” and sought maximum sentence for them. The prosecution further said that the killing of Srinivasan should be within the ambit of “rarest of the rare” of crimes because the BJP politician was killed in front of his mother, infant and wife.
Meanwhile, lawyers for the accused asked the court to be lenient, saying it was not the "rarest of the rare" crime as similar murders had happened before.
The BJP's OBC (Other Backward Class) wing leader Srinivasan was attacked and killed at his home in Alappuzha district of Kerala on 19 December. His murder was followed by that of KS Shaan of the
Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), an affiliate of the PFI.
