The case related to the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor girl by at least five persons at different places in Kerala and Tamilnadu over a period of six months in 2003 and 2004.
The main accused are S.H. Praveen S Manoj S Binu, Alias Kochumon, Prashanth and Somanathan.
Praveen, 24, and Manoj, 19, both
conductors attached to the Guruvayur depot of the Kerala State Transport
Corporation (KSRTC); Latha Nair of Mallappalli; Binu alias Kochumon,
30, of Kottayam; Prasanth, 23, conductor at the KSRTC Guruvayur depot;
Somanathan alias Soman, 46, of Kumali; Abdul Lathif alias Collector
Lathif, 52, and V.K. Devadas, 47.
CBI also named two women as accused in the case. They are the girl's aunt, Omanakutty, and one Latha nair.
The CBI case was that the accused had lured the minor girl into a well entrenched sex for money racket by promising her a bright future as a television and cinema actor. The accused used the pre text of shooting a music video album to lure the impressionable young girl into their midst. Latha nair acted as a benefactor of the 'Video-album' project and the others as directors, cameramen and production executives.
Omanakutty, who was named as prime accused in the case and later turned approver, told the court that the accused , with the active connivance of latha, raped the girl after giving her a glass of fruit juice laced with liquor at a govt. Gust House in Kumali.
Earlier, one of them had approached her parents and convinced them to send their daughter along with him for a televison serial acting. She had dropped out of school that time. The parants, who were economically backward, agreed to his proposal. Omanakutty had gone along with the girl as her helper.
The CBI case was that the suspects subsequently sold her to several others who were inclined to pay money for sex with minor girls.
In 2004,
When she got pregnant, she was referred to the Medical College. She
had been diagnosed as suffering from acute intestinal obstruction. She
was later discharged form the hospital in August 28, 2004. Later, she
was admitted to the Carithas Hospital in Kottayam, though the doctors at
the private hospital had recommended that she be taken to the Amrita
Institute of Medical Sciences.
However, she was admitted to the Matha Hosptial, Thellakam in
Kottayam. The doctors there found that she was suffering from acute
intestinal obstruction.She died a few days after she was delivered of a child, on aug 13, the same year. Her daughter and parents survive her.
During the case trial Omanakutty gave statements that the accused had
sexually exploited the victim at four places including Palani and
Guruvayur and Edappaly in Ernakulam. The investigation had revealed that
Kochumon had introduced the girl to Latha Nair, who was supposed to get
her a role in serials and album, in August 2003. she also told the court that latha nair had told her that girls had to bestow sexual favours on influential persons in the entertainment industry if they were to make a career for themselves. omanakutty told the court she had found the minor girl mentally depressed and crying on the day she was raped at the kumali Guest house. she said the girl had insisted that her plight be kept away from her parents. Subsequently, latha nair gifted her a mobile phone and kept in constant touch with the girl and her family. the accused also attempted to bribe her family to escape prosecution.
CBI case was that Omanakutty and latha nair were present at all the lodges and hotels where the girl was sexually exploited. CBI judge P. Moosad presided. The Court will here the case again on today.
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