The Enakulam Principal Sessions Court on Tuesday found Ameeerul Islam guilty in the murder of a Dalit law student in Perumbavoor. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Wedneday. The court held Ameerul guilty of all charges, including rape and murder, except for destruction of evidence and violations under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The charges proven against him included IPC Section 449 for trespass, 342 for wrongful confinement, 376 for rape and 302 for murder. The victim was was found murdered at her single-room house on the side of Canal Bund Road at Vattolippady near Perumbavoor on April 28, 2016. The accused had mutilated the victim’s private parts besides murdering her. He left Perumbavoor a day after the murder and was arrested by the police at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu on June 16 last year.

The Enakulam Principal Sessions Court on Tuesday found Ameeerul Islam guilty in the murder of a Dalit law student in Perumbavoor. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Wedneday. The court held Ameerul guilty of all charges, including rape and murder, except for destruction of evidence and violations under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The charges proven against him included IPC Section 449 for trespass, 342 for wrongful confinement, 376 for rape and 302 for murder. The victim was was found murdered at her single-room house on the side of Canal Bund Road at Vattolippady near Perumbavoor on April 28, 2016. The accused had mutilated the victim’s private parts besides murdering her. He left Perumbavoor a day after the murder and was arrested by the police at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu on June 16 last year.