Kerala court convicts Shyamjith for murdering Kannur native Vishnupriya 2 years ago

The prosecutor said that the accused killed the woman as she had ended their friendship and was close to another man.

#Kerala: 2022 #Vishnupriya Murder Case, Thalassery Additional District Sessions Court to pronounce the verdict today. 

It was on 22 October, 2022, that the lone accused, Shyamjith, allegedly murdered 23-year-old Vishnupriya as he entered her house and stabbed her to death for… pic.twitter.com/Ig1p6SG5dh

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The murder

The prosecutor said that Shyamjith came to Vishnupriya’s house armed with a hammer and other weapons when her family had gone to attend a funeral.

Vishnupriya was on a video call with a male friend when Shyamjith entered the home, he said.

This was recorded in the video call, and the 13-second-long footage was the crucial evidence in the case, the prosecutor said.

Besides that, the prosecution also relied on CCTV visuals of Shyamjith purchasing the weapons used to commit the crime.

Kumar said that Shyamjith first hit Vishnupriya on the head with a hammer and when she fell down, he slit her throat.

Even after she had died, he continued to stab her, and as a result, there were 29 wounds on her body, the prosecutor said.

Vishnupriya was found dead in a pool of blood with a slit throat and deep wounds on her neck and hands at her residence on 22 October, 2022.

Within hours of the gruesome murder, police arrested Shyamjith, a native of nearby Manantheri.

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