The Additional Sessions Court I here sentenced eight persons to imprisonment for life after they were found guilty of lynching a mentally challenged man at Peruvambu in the district. Rajendran, 34, son of Ponnan from Peruvambu, died after he was tied to a post and thrashed by the convicts on the night of February 18, 2010.
He had been under treatment for mental disorder for several years. The convicts attacked him on the presumption that he was responsible for burning down a shed at Peruvambu.
Additional Sessions Court I judge Vinayaka Rao sentenced Vijayan, 53, Kunjappan, 64, Babu, 50, Murugan, 44, Muthu, 74, Ramanan, 45, Muralidharan, 40, and Radhakrishnan, 61, to life in prison and slapped a fine of ₹10,000 on each of them under IPC Section 302 for murder.
