Suryanelli victim’s mother faxes letter to Sonia

KOTTAYAM: Suryanelli victim's mother Thursday faxed a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, stating that she was writing to a mother who also has a daughter about the same age as her own. The mother claimed that as the Rajya Sabha discussed issues related to women, it was disheartening that Kurien, her daughter's tormentor, should oversee proceedings.

The mother of the victim wrote that she was appealing for help, in the light of the recent apex court order cancelling the high court verdict that exonerates all of her daughter's attackers.

Left-backed women's organisations in the state Thursday took out protests in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi, demanding that Kurien be brought to justice.