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A court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 12 pronounced 6 of the 11 accused guilty, 13 years after they chopped of the hand of T J Joseph, a college professor in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here on July 13 awarded life imprisonment to three of the convicts in the college teacher hand-chopping case of 2010. Three others were sentenced to three-year imprisonment each.
The court in Kochi, Kerala’s commercial capital, found Popular Front of India (PFI) members Sajil, Nasar, Najeeb, Noushad, Moydeenkunju, and Ayoob guilty of the charges. It acquitted five other accused of the crime.
The court stated that the terrorism charges and the conspiracy against the accused have been proved beyond doubt.
Responding to the verdict, Joseph said the law had caught up with the accused. However, he does not believe he got justice in the case. “The people who are the accused came under the influence of religious bigots. I believe the real culprits behind this conspiracy and terror are still at large,” he lamented.
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