PALAKKAD: The Thiruvananthapuram unit of the CBI has taken over the 2017 Walayar case pertaining to the rape and homicide of two minor Dalit sisters in Palakkad district. Initiating the probe, the company filed two separate FIRs below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act earlier than the particular courtroom right here on Thursday.
Prices below numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have additionally been included within the FIRs. The suspected offences embody rape, unnatural offences, abetment of suicide of kid, assault or prison power to lady with intent to outrage her modesty and repeated penetrative sexual assault. The accused are Madhu alias Valiya Madhu, 27, of Kallankad, Shibu, 43, of Rajakad in Idukki, and Madhu alias Kutty Madhu, 24, of Pudussery East village. The fourth accused, Cherthala native Pradeep Kumar M, died by suicide on November 4 final yr. The fifth accused within the case was a minor, aged 16 on the time of the crime.
In the meantime, the women’ mom mentioned she was glad about CBI’s takeover of the case. “4 years have handed for the reason that incident. There shouldn’t be any extra delay in delivering justice. Motion also needs to be taken in opposition to the police officers who dedicated lapses within the probe,” she mentioned. As a mark of protest over the federal government’s alleged inaction in opposition to those that had probed the case, she is contesting the meeting polls from Dharmadam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s constituency. The 2 women, aged 13 and 9, have been discovered useless 52 days aside. {The teenager} was discovered on January 13, 2017, and her sister on March 4.
