A Varghese, who led an armed revolt in opposition to the exploitation of tribals within the Wayanad area, was killed on February 18, 1970 in a pretend police encounter – reckoned as one of many first pretend encounters within the nation.

Last month, his two brothers and two sisters moved the Kerala High Court, looking for to declare that they have been “legally entitled to be compensated with an amount of Rs 50 lakhs with interest… due to the murdering of Varghese”.

Hearing the petition, the federal government advised the courtroom that if the petitioners favor a illustration inside two weeks, the respondents — the state chief secretary and the state DGP — will take into account the illustration positively and move acceptable orders thereon.

Subsequently, the courtroom allowed Varghese’s siblings to method the federal government. The cupboard choice to award them a compensation of Rs 50 lakh stemmed from this plan of action.

Following the killing of Varghese, 31, the police model of occasions had been broadly accepted. However, in 1998, retired constable Ramachandran Nair confessed that the encounter had been pretend. It was then learnt that Varghese, along with his arms tied behind his again, was taken to Kumbarakkunni close to Thirunelli forest in Wayanad and shot lifeless.

Subsequently, a case was filed, making Nair the primary accused. Nair died in 2006, 4 years after the CBI submitted the chargesheet within the particular courtroom. In 2010, a CBI courtroom jailed retired IPS officer Okay Lakshmana at whose behest Nair had shot Varghese in police custody — Lakshmana had been a deputy SP in Wayanad on the time of killing.