One of the factors cited by Judge K Soman to impose the severe penalties was the alleged involvement of the accused in another child sexual abuse case, where the victim was a 10-year-old child from Delhi.
An Ernakulam sessions court today awarded the death sentence to one Ashfaq Alam for the rape and murder of a five-year-old child in Aluva district [State of Kerala v. Asafak Alam].