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Publication: Indus Scrolls Bureau
Date: August 12, 2022
URL:      https://indusscrolls.com/kerala-tribal-youths-brutal-murder-shifan-arrested-for-threatening-the-family.

The Kerala Police arrested a youth, Shifan, for threatening the family of slain mentally unstable tribal youth Madhu who was killed for allegedly stealing food items.

According to the police, Shifan along with a few accused went to the house of Madhu and threatened the victim’s sister Sarasu and mother Malli, asking them to withdraw the cases.

Shifan is the grandson of Abbas, the main accused in the lynching case. The police also recovered Rs 36 lakh from the youth.

Madhu’s family had filed a complaint with Agali DySP against Shifan and his accomplices. Shifan was produced before the Mannacaud court.

Madhu’s lynching had triggered national outrage. Madhu, a resident of Attappadi, who was starving took some food items from a shop.