India holds suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a student in Kerala
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Indian police have detained the main suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a student in Kerala, the state’s top official said Thursday, after authorities were accused of mishandling the case. Police have said the attack on the 30-year-old law student from the lowest Dalit caste in April was so vicious she was found lying dead in a pool of blood, her intestines hanging out.
Protesters have held rallies in Kerala demanding justice for the victim, whose case echoed the gangrape of a Delhi woman in 2012 that sparked mass street demonstrations. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said investigators had tracked down and detained a 23-year-old labourer reportedly from India’s remote northeastern state of Assam. “Investigation team has received full information about the accused. From yesterday onwards, the accused was under police radar,” Vijayan was quoted by the Press Trust of India news agency as saying. Local media reports cited unnamed police sources as saying that the suspect, Amir Ul Islam, was expected to be formally arrested later in the day.
Federal Women and Children’s Minister Maneka Gandhi last month accused police of bungling the investigation, saying an independent probe had found glaring missteps by police and forensic experts. (AFP)
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