Thrissur: The Youth Congressmen conducted a symbolic hanging of Govindachami, the death row convict in the Soumya rape and murder case, here on Friday. They alleged that the senior standing counsel had joined hands with the defence lawyer and did not present the prosecution case effectively before the division bench of Supreme Court on Thursday.
The court had expressed doubts over the evidence presented by the prosecution to prove the charge that the convict had pushed the victim from the slow-moving train. The court told standing counsel Thomas P. Joseph of the state government not to present assumptions before the court. YC leader and deputy leader of opposition in Thrissur corporation John Daniel said that the standing counsel had committed gross dereliction of duty by not effectively presenting the evidence against the convict and asked the state government to conduct an inquiry into his alleged lapses.
Soumya, travelling in a ladies coach on the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger train on February 1, 2011 was attacked and pushed off the train by the convict near Shornur. He later raped her and inflicted fatal injuries on her, as a result of which she died in hospital on February 6.
