Kerala HC acquits 13 RSS workers in a 2008 Murder case of a CPM worker

Thiruvananthpuram, July 13: In a major development, the Kerala high court acquitted 13 RSS workers who were convicted to life terms by a trial court in connection with the murder of a CPI(M) in Thiruvananthpuram in 2008 saying the prosecution had miserably failed to prove the incriminating circumstances against the accused.

 

 

A bench comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran pronounced the order. HC noted that there was no evidence to send these RSS workers to prison in the mentioned murder case, and it was all a scripted story based on the political rivalry between the groups. An ordered court observed that the political rivalry was a simmering cauldron of intrigue, spite, and deceit, often spewing out the venom of hatred, in the form of mindless bloodshed.

 

"The manner in which events were portrayed before Court, smacks of a deliberate attempt to tutor witness and collect evidence, to define a scripted story. The sad saga of political rivalry and mindless killing, as we have noticed in many cases, tears under the social fabric of the State," it said.

 

 

 

Further slamming the prosecution, the court said, “We cannot but acquit the accused of the charges leveled against them, the prosecution having miserably failed to prove the incriminating circumstances against the accused.”

 

It should be noted that on April 1, 2008, DYFI (youth wing of CPM) leader Vishnu was hacked to death in front of the Kaithamukku passport office. The Additional sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram had sentenced 13 RSS activists to double life imprisonment in connection with the murder of CPI(M) worker, V V Vishnu.

.

.