Kochi Murder Case

A man was found dead in a flat near Infopark in Kochi, police said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old migrant labourer convicted of rape and murder has been awarded a death sentence by a court in Kochi today. Ameer-ul-Islam was found guilty of raping and murdering Kerala law student Jisha in April last year. A migrant worker from Assam, he was convicted of murder, rape, wrongful confinement and trespassing.

In April last year, a 30-year-old law student was found murdered at her home in Kerala's Ernakulam, her naked body bearing marks of extreme torture. A court in Kochi today held a migrant worker from Assam, Ameer Ul Aslam, guilty of Jisha's rape and murder.

Delhi Police has written to the ED to probe alleged financial irregularities related to now-defunct Kochi IPL franchise as part of its ongoing investigation into Sunanda Pushkar's death.

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor was questioned twice on Thursday on the alleged murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The first session lasted over four-and-a-half-hours. Later in the evening, the former Union Minister was back again at the office of the Special Investigation Team in Vasant Kunj for another hour-and-a-half. He left around midnight.

Kerala High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy by a Fast Track Court for brutally raping and causing the death of a 23-year-old woman after pushing her out of a moving train on February 1, 2008.

The two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala for shooting to death two fishermen off Alappuzha coast, left for New Delhi by an Air India flight after Supreme Court ruled that a special court will hold the trial.

C.H. Ashokan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader, was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekheran in Kozhikode district in May.

Two CPI(M) leaders from Kannur surrendered before a court today in a case relating to murder of National Development Front worker Mohammed Fazal in 2006.

The Italian government says that two of its marines, currently in a Kerala jail for shooting two fishermen from Kochi, will be tried for murder in Italy. This is part of Italy's attempts to persuade India to release the marines who were arrested a few weeks ago. A court in Kerala today extended their custody till March 5.

The Kochi police are yet to make an arrest of the Italian crew over the killing of two Indian fisherman by the Italian ship. While a notice has been issued, the police are yet to take any major action, following a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.

A man was found dead in a flat near Infopark in Kochi, police said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old migrant labourer convicted of rape and murder has been awarded a death sentence by a court in Kochi today. Ameer-ul-Islam was found guilty of raping and murdering Kerala law student Jisha in April last year. A migrant worker from Assam, he was convicted of murder, rape, wrongful confinement and trespassing.

In April last year, a 30-year-old law student was found murdered at her home in Kerala's Ernakulam, her naked body bearing marks of extreme torture. A court in Kochi today held a migrant worker from Assam, Ameer Ul Aslam, guilty of Jisha's rape and murder.

Delhi Police has written to the ED to probe alleged financial irregularities related to now-defunct Kochi IPL franchise as part of its ongoing investigation into Sunanda Pushkar's death.

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor was questioned twice on Thursday on the alleged murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The first session lasted over four-and-a-half-hours. Later in the evening, the former Union Minister was back again at the office of the Special Investigation Team in Vasant Kunj for another hour-and-a-half. He left around midnight.

Kerala High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy by a Fast Track Court for brutally raping and causing the death of a 23-year-old woman after pushing her out of a moving train on February 1, 2008.

The two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala for shooting to death two fishermen off Alappuzha coast, left for New Delhi by an Air India flight after Supreme Court ruled that a special court will hold the trial.

C.H. Ashokan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader, was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekheran in Kozhikode district in May.

Two CPI(M) leaders from Kannur surrendered before a court today in a case relating to murder of National Development Front worker Mohammed Fazal in 2006.

The Italian government says that two of its marines, currently in a Kerala jail for shooting two fishermen from Kochi, will be tried for murder in Italy. This is part of Italy's attempts to persuade India to release the marines who were arrested a few weeks ago. A court in Kerala today extended their custody till March 5.

The Kochi police are yet to make an arrest of the Italian crew over the killing of two Indian fisherman by the Italian ship. While a notice has been issued, the police are yet to take any major action, following a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.