Walayar Case

Taking over the investigation into the mysterious death of two minor sisters in Kerala's Walayar in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two FIRs in the case.

In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial in the Walayar case in which two minor sisters were found dead in their hut in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that the government will not object to a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Walayar sisters' rape and murder case if the parents demand the same in the high court.

The Kerala government on Wednesday filed an appeal in the high court challenging the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sisters' death case, saying the lower court verdict was "absolutely perverse and wholly unsustainable".

The Kerala government on Wednesday filed an appeal in the high court, challenging the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sisters' death case, saying the lower court verdict was "absolutely perverse and wholly unsustainable."

Days after the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sister's death case triggered a controversy, the Kerala government on Monday announced the Public Prosecutor who handled it has been removed and said a probe is on to identify lapses in the police enquiry if any.

Several political organisations in Kerala, including student wings of both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the BJP, launched protests outside the secretariat in Thiruvanthapuram today to demand justice over the acquittal of three accused in the alleged sexual assault and murder of two young sisters at Palakkad in 2017.

Taking over the investigation into the mysterious death of two minor sisters in Kerala's Walayar in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two FIRs in the case.

In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial in the Walayar case in which two minor sisters were found dead in their hut in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that the government will not object to a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Walayar sisters' rape and murder case if the parents demand the same in the high court.

The Kerala government on Wednesday filed an appeal in the high court challenging the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sisters' death case, saying the lower court verdict was "absolutely perverse and wholly unsustainable".

The Kerala government on Wednesday filed an appeal in the high court, challenging the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sisters' death case, saying the lower court verdict was "absolutely perverse and wholly unsustainable."

Days after the acquittal of the accused in the Walayar sister's death case triggered a controversy, the Kerala government on Monday announced the Public Prosecutor who handled it has been removed and said a probe is on to identify lapses in the police enquiry if any.

Several political organisations in Kerala, including student wings of both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the BJP, launched protests outside the secretariat in Thiruvanthapuram today to demand justice over the acquittal of three accused in the alleged sexual assault and murder of two young sisters at Palakkad in 2017.