Alappuzha: Who raped the three schoolgirls of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Ambalappuzha, who committed suicide in 2008? The question remains unanswered after the two accused youths were acquitted by the Additional District and Sessions Court, Alappuzha, recently.
The postmortem reports accessed by this paper have said that the girls were subjected to rape before they were found dead in the classroom on November 17, 2008.
The autopsy reports were prepared on November 19 by Dr. P. Rema, then professor and police surgeon, department of forensic medicines, Government TD Medical College, Vanadam here, and Dr. S. Sheik Shakeer Hussain, the then lecturer in forensic medicine and assistant police surgeon of the medical college. The two accused acquitted are Shanavas, 20, Kambivalappu near Kakkazham, and Soufar, 20, Velimparambu near Kakkazham.
The ten-year-old post-mortem reports of two girls, Julie Varghese, 17, and Anila Babu 17, prove that penetration had happened before the girls ended their lives.
The report about Julie says: “Hypopigmentation (white patches) was noted on the lower half of the right side of the vaginal outlet as well as its back margin.
Dr. Hussian, who is currently professor in the department of forensic medicine, Government Medical College, Mulan kunnathukavu, Thrissur, did not respond to this reporter’s query about the gap between ‘healed tear’ and the death of the students.
Julie Varghese, Anila Babu, and Veni Venu, all aged 17, committed suicide by consuming pesticide.
The investigation team arrested the two accused on the charges of gang rape, abetment of suicide and destruction of evidence.
The court on January 31 acquitted the accused leaving the question about the rapists unanswered.
