CBI Wants Juvenile Tried as Adult in Walayar Case

In a major development in the case related to the rape and death of two girl children in Walayar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has approached the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Board seeking to try the juvenile accused—termed a 'child in conflict with law' (CCL)—as an adult and to transfer the case to Pocso special court for trial.

- P RAMDAS @Kochi

On January 13, 2017, the elder victim, a 12-year-old, was found hanging from a raft in their one-room house in Attappallam, near Walayar. Exactly 49 days later, her younger sibling, aged nine, was found hanging from the same raft. Arun Prasad alias Valiya Appu, who was 16 years old at the time, was accused in both cases.