All 11 defendants found guilty in the 2021 pothole Sudheesh murder case; SC/ST court announced the number of sentences on Wednesday

On Thursday, a special SC/ST court held in Nedumangad found that all 11 were charged with crimes in the murder of Sudheesh, a young man in Pothencode four years ago. The court will announce the verdict on Wednesday.

A defendant infamously cut off the victim’s legs and threw them on the road in spacious sunlight, a horrible incident has attracted public attention.

Judge A. Shajahan treats the defendants, Sudheesh alias Sudheesh Unni, Shyam Kumar, Rajesh Alias ​​Ottakam Rajesh, Nidheesh, Nandeesh, Nandeesh, Renjith, Sreenath, Sreenath, Suraj, Suraj, Suraj, Arun, Jishnu and Sachin.

The gang murdered Sudheesh, 32, who praised him on December 11, 2021 from the Lakshamveedu colony of Chembakamangalam near Kalloor in Pothencode.

According to the prosecution led by prosecutor T. Geena Kumari, the crime stems from gang competition that exists in the region. The attack was planned in revenge on Sudheesh, who had earlier attacked Sudheesh Unni and his family. In a terrible act of revenge, the gang led by the third defendant, Ottakam Rakesh, tracked the victim, who had been hiding in the relative’s house and attacked him with a deadly weapon in the presence of his relative.

The main defendant Sudheesh Unni then cut off the victim’s leg, threw it on the road, and fled. Ottakam Rajesh is a strong criminal who records records involving multiple murders and has been identified as the mastermind of the carefully planned murder case.

After the murder, Rajesh used the cell phones of acquaintances he encountered while running away to contact relatives and friends, hiding from Kanyakumari to Palani in frequent changing locations. Despite such challenges, Pothencode police tracked over 100 call data records and tower locations to his whereabouts and eventually zero. The breakthrough was made when the defendant used a borrowed phone at a medical store in Palani.

While searching for the defendant, a 27-year-old civil policeman, S. Balu, drowned in a hat on an Anjuthengu Lake near Vakkom, a 27-year-old civil policeman, who was believed to have been hidden.

The investigation team led by Nedumangad Dysp MK Zulfikar at the time submitted the final charge form within 88 days.

After several witnesses turned into hostilities during the trial, the prosecution faced huge obstacles during the trial. But key scientific evidence, including CCTV video, proves to help prove crime.