Adakka Raju stood firm to lay down what he saw on that fateful day after all these years, despite having been subjected to most “inhuman torture” by investigative agencies, the court said. Adakka Raju was an ordinary man, a man who scaled the walls of the convent of St. Pius …
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Four close-up photos taken by photographer Varghese Chacko had disappeared when the murder case of Sister Abhaya was turned over to CBI. “I knew it was not suicide, since from the beginning, I felt like they were hiding something,” recalls Varghese Chacko, photographer and also the seventh witness in the …
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Former Kerala High Court judge Kemal Pasha says Abhaya will never be able to get justice because the church she believed in fought for her killers, and not her. A 21-year-old nun was murdered in cold blood to keep a secret safe. The nun accidentally saw two priests and a …
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Over the years, the church has consistently supported the defendants in the case and has rejected all the accusations against them. In a reaction that is perhaps not unexpected, the Knanaya Catholic Archpark of Kottayam has said that the allegations against Father Joseph Kottoor and Sister Sephy are incredible. Father …
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Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | December 23, 2020 4:46:12 am Sister Abhaya was found dead in 1992. A WATER bottle that had fallen near the refrigerator inside the kitchen with dripping water, a veil found under the door closed from the outside, an ax, a basket, two slippers …
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By: Express Web Desk | Kochi | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:25:08 pm Raju (pictured) had testified to IWC investigating officers that he had seen Father Kottoor and Father José Puthrukkayil on the convent grounds in the early morning hours of the same day the sister’s body was removed. Abhaya …
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Written by Shaju Philip, edited by Explained Desk | Thiruvnanthapuram | Updated: December 22, 2020 1:02:55 pm Sister Abhaya was found dead on March 27, 1992. A special IWC court in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday found Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy are guilty in the case of the murder of …
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