Ariyil Shukkoor murder case: CBI court posts case for further hearing on November 16

KOCHI A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court has posted the case relating to the murder of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker Abdul Shukkoor for further hearing on November 16. The court is likely to decide the date for pronouncing the verdict on that day. It was earlier reported that the judgment would be passed on November 12. The case assumed political significance after former Kannur district secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] P.

Jayarajan and former MLA and then Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) State secretary T.V. Rajesh were arraigned as accused numbers 32 and 33. The court had earlier refused to quash the trial proceedings against them. Shukkoor, 21, a native of Ariyil near Taliparamba, was allegedly hacked to death by a group of assailants at Keezhara, under the Kannapuram police station limits on February 20, 2012.

The murder was allegedly carried out in retaliation for an attack on Mr. Jayarajan and Mr. Rajesh during their visit to the tension-hit Ariyil earlier that morning.