KASARAGOD: Kasaragod additional district and sessions court on Saturday acquitted 21 BJP-RSS workers in the 2014 murder of SDPI activist Zainul Abid in Kasaragod. Judge Achindya Raj Unni pronounced the verdict observing that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against all the 21 individuals.During the trial, the court had heard 81 witnesses and examined 20 material evidencess and 150 documents. Eight accused had died during the trial. Abid’s father, who was the prime witness, died before the trial began.
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The murder in question happened near the Old Bus Stand in Kasaragod town on Dec 22, 2014. Abid, 24, a native of Talangare Kunnil and an SDPI worker, was helping his father near their mattress shop around 9.30pm when a group of armed assailants brutally assaulted him and stabbed him. Though nearby shopkeepers rushed to the spot on hearing his screams, the attackers escaped from the spot. Abid succumbed to his injuries a day later. Police had then arrested 21 BJP-RSS workers after registering a case.
