THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: February 6
The CBI court here will pronounce the verdict in the Kiliroor sex scandal case on today (February 6). The hearing in the case came to an end on Monday.
The prosecution has charged the six of the accused - Praveen, Lata Nair, Kochumon, Manoj, Prasanth and Soman - with soliciting Shari, a minor, by offering her a role in tele-serials, but with the motive of abusing her sexually. Shari died on November 13, 2004 at a private hospital in Kottayam after giving birth to a girl child.
The expected judgment on February 6 will be the first by the CBI Court here after it started functioning in September, 2011.
No mention of any VIP to anyone'
As the examination of witnesses in the Kiliroor sex scandal case continued in the CBI court here on Saturday, Dr Sankaran, the doctor of a private hospital near Kottayam, under whose care the victim Sari was till her end, deposed that he had never mentioned the word ‘VIP’ to anyone including Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan, during the visit by many leaders.He told the court that he had accompanied the then Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan to the hospital room where the girl was admitted and confided to him that the rush of visitors may be harmful, given the delicate medical condition of the girl.
“The girl was not responding owing to her state of health, though I told her that it was the Opposition leader who was with him and he could do some help to her, ” Dr Sankaran said.
The other leaders who had visited the girl included CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, Democratic Women’s Association leader P K Sreemathi and CPI leader Meenaskshi Thampan, among others, he told the
court.
