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Govt move to expedite Sherin's release from jail raises questions
The New Indian Express Thrissur
|January 30, 2025
The state government's move to expedite the release of Sherin, a convict in the controversial murder of Bhaskara Karanavar of Cheriyanad, following the completion of her 14-year jail term awarded by the Mavelikkara Fast Track Court, has raised suspicions.
Many are questioning why the government has only considered the release of Sherin, and not three others in jail in the same case, as a special case and recommended the same to the state governor.
The 66-year-old Karanavar was strangled to death on November 8, 2009. His daughter-in-law Sherin was the first accused. Sherin's lover Basith Ali (Bibish), a native of Kottayam, friends Nidhin, from Kalamassery, Kochi, and Shanu Rashid, of Eloor, Kochi were also named accused.
The court awarded Sherin a triple life term and two life terms to the other accused on June 11, 2010. The High Court and Supreme Court confirmed the judgment.
This story is from the January 30, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thrissur.
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