Kochi: The accused was sentenced to double life in the case of taking a plus two student to Valpara and raped her to death. The Ernakulam POCSO Court passed the sentence. The court had earlier found the accused guilty in the case. Accused has been found guilty of rape and pregnancy of a minor girl, murder, etc. In the case of murdering a 17-year-old student in a school in Kochi, the accused, a native of Nettur, was sentenced to double life imprisonment.
On January 7, 2020, a girl who was a student of Plus Two was killed by a young man in a car in Kochi. The accused’s statement was that the reason for the murder was the girl’s withdrawal from friendship.
On the day of the incident, the accused had taken the girl to the Malakappara area of Athirapilli after taking her to the car. Then the accused stabbed the girl with a knife inside the car. Later, the body was left in a coffee plantation near Malakappara and passed through Valpara.
After conducting the investigation, the accused tried to escape in a car through Pollachi and was taken into custody by the police on the day of the incident. After questioning him, the body of the girl was recovered from the coffee plantation in Malakappara.
