Aluva child rape and murder: Kerala court says convict a paedophile, was accused in child abuse case in Delhi

The Court opined that the crimes of the accused indicated his paedophilic nature and that he deserved the death penalty for the manner in which he attacked the child and inflicted injuries on her body.
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A Kerala court on Tuesday noted that 28-year-old Ashfaq Alam, who was found guilty of the rape and murder of a 5-year-old child in Aluva, was accused of a similar crime in Delhi in 2018 but had absconded to Kerala as a result of which that case could not be taken to its conclusion [State of Kerala v. Asafak Alam].

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