Witness was promised Rs 2 lakh to turn hostile, political pressure to settle case, allege Madhu’s family

PALAKKAD: The family said there is an attempt to sabotage Madhu murder case. Some people tried to influence the key witness, alleged Madhu’s sister Sarasu. An amount of Rs 2 lakh was promised to the witness to withdraw from the case.

Sarasu said that she suspect political pressure to settle the case and that two masked men came to our house and threatened us. Will approach the court for a CBI probe. A decision will soon be taken on the public prosecutor, his family said.

Madhu (30), son of late Mallan of Mukkali Chintakki village was beaten to death by the locals on February 22 in 2018 accusing him of theft. He was brutally beaten to death for stealing food items from shops in the Mukkali area.

The Director General of Prosecutions had yesterday said that a new special prosecutor would be appointed in the case. The authorities said a prosecutor would be appointed after taking into account the interest of Madhu's family and would ask his family to suggest names of three lawyers.