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Kerala Court finds 3 accused guilty in traditional healer murder

Kerala Court finds 3 accused guilty in traditional healer murder

Malappuram (Kerala), Mar 20 (UNI) The Manjeri Additional District and Session's Court-1 , on Thursday found three accused guilty in the abduction and murder of Mysuru-based 60-year-old traditional healer Shaba Sheriff.
Judge Thushar M found first accused (A1) Shaibin Ashraff (37) ,a business man of Mukkatta near Nilambur, (A2) his manager P Shihabudeen (39) of Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad and (A6) N Nishad (32) of Malappuram, guilty under the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, destruction of evidence and conspiracy angle.
This is said to be the first time in the legal history of Kerala that a murder case has been successfully solved without recovering the victim's body or human parts. A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test on hair recovered from Shaibin Asharaff's car confirmed that it belonged to the victim and the witness statement of 7th accused T Nowshad of Sulthan Bathery played a crucial role in the case, said special prosecutor Adv E M Krishnan Namboodhiri.

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