Kerala Assembly | Opposition walks out accusing State police of failing to secure conviction in 2021 Vandiperiyar rape and murder case
The Hindu
Congress-led UDF Opposition trooped out of Kerala Assembly imputing that alleged coercion by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had eroded the State law enforcement’s legal firmness of purpose to obtain a conviction in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl hailing from a needy family of tea plantation workers belonging to a Scheduled Tribe community at Vandiperiyar in Idukki district in 2021.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition trooped out of the Kerala Assembly on February 1 (Thursday) imputing that alleged coercion by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had eroded the State law enforcement’s legal firmness of purpose to obtain a conviction in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl hailing from a needy family of tea plantation workers belonging to a Scheduled Tribe community at Vandiperiyar in Idukki district in 2021.
Congress legislator Sunny Joseph sought the leave of the House for an adjournment debate on the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s alleged failure to protect the vital societal interests of children belonging to marginalised and economically vulnerable families labouring to escape the deprivations of daily life.
In 2023, a district court in Idukki tossed out the police case that the victim’s neighbour and a local DYFI leader had strangled the minor when she was alone at her house in 2021 to erase evidence of his sexual predation.
The court found the police investigation “belated, unscientific, unconvincing, and lethargic.” Its damning verdict triggered a public outcry against the State police for “denying” the victim’s family justice by allegedly succumbing to CPI(M) pressure.
Mr. Joseph said a Magistrate refused to believe the police’s “incredulous” prima facie finding that the minor committed suicide.
Later, Mr. Joseph alleged that the police and local CPI(M) leaders tried to fend off an autopsy by claiming that the girl’s death was a freak accident.
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