Security increased for judge who gave death sentence to 15 Kerala PFI activists

Kochi, January 31

A day after a Kerala court sentenced to death 15 members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) who were held guilty of the 2021 murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan, the security of the judge has been increased.

On Tuesday, the court sentenced all 15 accused to death for the heinous crime.

Incidentally, the verdict is considered very rare in India’s judicial history, as in one single case such a large number of people have been sentenced to death.

Following the verdict, the judge came under attack on social media and her security was strengthened.

Five Kerala Police personnel, under an officer, have been posted at her residence near the court.

Ranjith Sreenivasan, a practising advocate at the Alappuzha Bar Association, was the BJP’s candidate for the Alappuzha Assembly constituency in 2021.

The gruesome incident occurred on December 19, 2021, when the PFI members barged into his residence in Alappuzha and hacked him to death in the presence of his wife and mother.