Kiliroor case: Final hearing begins today

Friday, 20 January 2012: The Thiruvananthapuram CBI Court today will begin the final hearing of the sensational Kiliroor sex scandal case.
The case relates to sexual exploitation of a girl named Shaari from Kiliroor, near Kottayam, by the accused after offering her roles in television serials. Shaari died at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital on 13th November 2004.
Earlier reports:-
Praveen (30), the second accused in the sensational Kiliroor sex scandal case has on Wednesday admitted before the CBI special Court that he had fathered Shaari’s (victim) child.
The Court while recording the statements of the accused informed that the DNA test conducted on Praveen to determine the paternity of the child was positive.
The accused in the case are 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.