Kerala rape-murder: CBI indicts victims' parents

IN a dramatic twist in the Walayar case, the CBI, in a supplementary chargesheet, has arraigned the parents of the victims in the rape and death of two sisters, aged 9 and 13, that rocked the state in 2017.

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As many as six chargesheets were filed before the Ernakulam CBI court in the case, and in all of them, the parents of the victims were indicted.

They were accused of abetting rape and not reporting the rape incident to the police, sources said. They were charged with offences under IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The CBI investigation found that the parents deliberately concealed the facts that their daughters were raped by the accused persons. Similarly, the investigation agency also found that accused persons abetted the rape.