Accused in hand-chopping case wins poll from jail

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  • xman
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    • Sep 2006
    • 24007

    Accused in hand-chopping case wins poll from jail

    Thiruvananthapuram: Contesting from prison, an accused in the sensational case of chopping off the hand of
    Thodupuzha Newman college lecturer T J Joseph, has won from a block panchayat division in Ernakulam in the civic body
    elections. Anas won from the Vanchinad division of Vazhakkulam block in Ernakulam district on a ticket of Socialist Democratic
    Party of India (SDPI), political arm of Popular Front of India (PFI), whose activists were allegedly behind the attack on
    Joseph for preparing a question paper containing blasphemous references to Prophet Mohammed.

    Anas, now in judicial custody and lodged in the Viyyur central jail in connection with the case, won from the
    division defeating the nearest UDF candidate by a margin of more than thousand votes, while the LDF candidate came third.

    The accused, who contested the seat after getting permission of the local court, could neither campaign for the
    poll nor cast his vote. Anas is the 47th accused in the case. PTI





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