THRISSUR: Man sentenced to life and Rs One lakh fine for murdering student for not returning his phone’s memory card. Sreekumar of Thoppumparambil House at Poonkunnam A.K.G Nagar was punished by Thrissur Addl. District Judge Nizar Ahmed. The culprit will have to do an additional six months of jail time if the fine is not paid. Sreekumar murdered his friend Abhilash, son of Vayalppadi Lakshmanan.

The incident is in 2011 when memory cards are not so common. Abhilash after borrowing memory card from Sreekumar failed to return it. This irked Sreekumar. On April 13, 2011, Sreekumar stopped Abhilash who was on a cycle and asked for the memory card. This soon changed into a fight. Despite the intervention of other people, Sreekumar stabbed Abhilash in his heart, who died at the hospital. There was 16 eye witness for the crime.

The chemical test results of Abhilash and Sreekumar’s dresses took a long time, which delayed the case.