S. Sandeep, the accused in the murder of Vandana Das, a house surgeon at the Kottarakara Taluk Hospital, is mentally sound, according to a preliminary evaluation.
The finding was recorded after the accused was evaluated by a doctor of the Mental Health Centre, Peroorkada, in the presence of senior officials of the Poojappura Central Prison, where he has been lodged within the confines of a high-security cell.
According to sources, the expert ruled out the possibility of a mental illness that could have prompted Sandeep’s stabbing spree.
