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3 held for threatening judge for awarding death to 15 PFI-SDPI workers

The arrest came a day after the Kerala Police increased security cover of Judge Sreedevi over the threatening messages appearing on certain social media handles.

3 held for threatening judge for awarding death to 15 PFI-SDPI workers

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Three persons have been arrested for threatening Mavelikara Additional District Session Court Judge (1) Sreedevi VG, who awarded death sentence to 15 PFI-SDPI workers for their involvement in the Ranjeet Sreenivas murder, on the social media platforms

The arrest came a day after the Kerala Police increased security cover of Judge Sreedevi over the threatening messages appearing on certain social media handles. The arrested persons are native of Mannancheri in Alappuzha and Pothankot in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Alappuzha South Police have so far registered six cases against those who posted threatening messages against the judge on social media platforms. Cases have been registered against persons identified as Beevi K U, Aslam Valappupacha, Nazeer Mon Khaleel, Azad Ameer, Rafi Thiruvananthapuram, and Shafeeq.

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Sreedevi VG on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to all 15 convicts for brutally murdering BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas. It is for the first time in Kerala that so many persons have been sentenced to death in a single case.

Observing that the case falls under the category of the rarest of rare, the judge awarded  death sentence to Naisam, Ajmal, Anoop, Mohammed Aslam, Abdul Kalam alias Salam, Abdul Kalam, Saffaruddin, Manshad, Jaseeb Raja, Navas, Sameer, Nazir, Zakir Hussain, Shaji Poovathungal and Shernas Ashraf.

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