KOTTAYAM: The trial in the murder case of Sister Amala, 69, of Lisiuex convent at Pala, is yet to begin though seven months have passed since the police filed the chargesheet. The additional sessions court at Pala, which has to conduct the trial, is yet to notify the case. The police which probed the murder that happened on September 17, 2015, filed the chargesheet in December. Court sources said that the case was still pending.
“The case is yet to be taken up for the trial. We filed the chargesheet in December. Hopefully, the trial will begin within a few months”, said Pala DySP D.S. Suneesh Babu, who investigated the case. Satheesh Babu, 38, the lone accused in the case, is in judicial custody. Babu, a native of Mannarkad in Palakkad, after committing the crime went to Haridwar.
He was nabbed by the police from a guest house at Haridwar. According to the police, he suffered from personality disorders and was also accused of murdering Sister Jose Maria of Chettuthodu SH convent. The police also slapped the charge of raping Sister Amala on him. There are 86 witnesses in the case and the police have collected scientific evidence comprising finger prints and technical.
