The former Inspector General of Police in Kerala K. Lakshmana, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI special court on Thursday 28th October, 2010 in the case relating to the killing of Naxalite leader A Varghese in a fake encounter.
Judge S Vijayakumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. The court directed him to pay the amount to the legal heirs of varghese. The Judge said it was “an instance of custodial violence and murder’ there fore deserved life imprisonment. The court on Wednesday convicted Lakshamana (75) for brutal killing of Varghese in the Thirunelli forest in Waynad 40 years ago. The jdge found Lakshmana, second accused, guilty of the offence punishable under section 302(murder) read with sectiion 34.
The CBI took over the investigation in to the case on directive from the High court in 1999. The CBI probe was ordered following the revelations by the former police constable, P. Ramachandran Nair that he shot dead Varghese on the order of the SP Vijayan and Deputy Superintendent of Police Lakshmana. Mr Nair made the statement in 1998, some 28 years after the death of Varghese. Mr Nair died in November,2006. The court acquitted the former DGP P. Vijayan, third accused for lack of evidence.
After the judgment, the former IGP was taken to the Central prison, Thiruvananthapuram.
Prof. John Kurakar
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