5 RSS workers get life term for murder of CPI-M activist

May 22, 2019 23:05

Five Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court on Wednesday in a case related to the murder of a Communist Party of India-Marxist activist in Thalassery in 2006.

Additional Sessions Judge R L Byju convicted Shankaran Master, 48, his brother Manoharan, 42, Vijesh, 38, Prakashan, 48, and Kavyesh, 40, of murder, rioting and other offences under the Indian Penal Code.

Awarding rigorous life imprisonment to the five accused, the judge also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on them.

The court acquitted 11 other accused, including RSS worker Valsan Thillenkeri.

According to the prosecution, a group of men fatally attacked CPI-M activist K K Yakub with bombs on June 13, 2006, due to political rivalry.

In all, 16 RSS-BJP activists had been arraigned as accused in the case. -- PTI

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