THALASSERY: The court has sentenced BJP leader and teacher K Padmarajan to life imprisonment till death and a fine of one lakh in the case of sexually assaulting a fourth-grade girl in Palathayi. The sentence was handed down by the Thalassery fast-track POCSO court. The prosecution responded that the court verdict has brought peace.

The serious allegation was that the girl was sexually assaulted in the school toilet and in another house. The accused, who was the former president of the BJP Thrippangottur Panchayat Committee in Mundathode, Kadavathur, was also the district leader of the Sangh Parivar teachers' organisation National Teachers Union (NTU).

The case began with a complaint received by the Thalassery DySP on March 16, 2020. The initial investigation by the Panoor police conclud

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