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Dalit youth executed 'Taliban-style' in Kerala
Ananthakrishnan G, TNN, Oct 20, 2010, 02.25am IST
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Six months after the mysterious death of a Dalit
youth in Kannur district of Kerala, police have confirmed that he was
in fact brutally tortured for hours.
The death evoked widespread criticism with some terming it
"Taliban-style execution by Islamic fundamentalists" and seeking a NIA
probe. Eight of the 13 accused have been arrested and charged with
"attempt to commit culpable homicide and abetment of suicide".
Investigating officer P Sadanandan said, "The accused are Popular
Front of India activists, a Muslim radicals group."
But PFI's Kerala president Naseeruddin Elamaram said he was not aware
of the case. He said it had become a practice to associate any Muslim,
who was arrested, with the outfit and added it was part of a
conspiracy.
The body of Vineesh, a casual labourer, was found hanging from the
terrace of a lodge in Poythumkadavu in Kannur on April 17 this year.
There were 22 brutal injury marks on the body.
The veins had been punctured both in his hands and legs and a lot of
blood had oozed out revealing, what Dalit activists claim, was
chillingly high level of planning and precision by the assailants.
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