KERALA (INDIA)
UCA News
January 7, 2021
By Saji Thomas
Protesters say police sabotaged the investigation and did not present evidence before the court
The High Court in southern India’s Kerala state has set aside a trial court’s acquittal of four men accused of the rape and murder of two minor girls three years ago and ordered a retrial.
The court on Jan. 6 also directed the special court functioning under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) law to oversee a reinvestigation of the case.
“We are now hopeful that the girls and their family will get justice,” said Father Augustine Vattoli, a priest of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese who has been leading a campaign demanding justice.
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