Arrest warrant against accused in Adithi murder case
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Kozhikode: An arrest warrant has been issued against accused in the Adithi murder case after they failed to appear in the court.
Judicial First Class Magistrate Court Judge A. Shankaran Nair issued an arrest warrant against Adeethi's father Subramanian Namboodiri and his (second) wife Devika alias Ramla Beegum as they did not appear in the court for hearing.
The court has deferred hearing in the case to June 13.
The charge sheet filed in the 'Adeethi murder case' in a local court had revealed that continuous torture by her father and step-mother led to the death of the six-year-old Adithi.
Besides beating up the child, they often denied food to her as the post-mortem report showed that starvation was one of the reasons for the death.
Severe brutality the girl suffered from her father and step-mother came to light when she was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition with serious burns. The couple then claimed that the child had fallen into a hot water tub but the doctors, who examined her, refused to buy that theory and immediately informed police. A few days later she succumbed to injuries and the post-mortem report revealed that the death was due to continuous physical torture and starvation.
The police investigation that followed revealed shocking details of how the hapless child was subjected to inhuman treatment and physical torture by her father and step-mother.