Kasaragod: Justice has prevailed after 19 years as the accused Imam Husain in murder case of “Perla Devaloke” couple here, has been finally convicted on Tuesday November 19.
The couple, Krishna Bhat who was a farmer along with his wife was murder on October 9 in 1993. The police had alleged Imam Husain of Shimoga Sagar, who is an infamous black magician, was accused in the case but could not trace him for many years.
The special appointed police, of Bangalore crime branch at Nela Mangala succeeded in arresting the culprit on April 20, 2012 who was produced in the district additional court (2) today. The court has declared him as the culprit and he will be convicted on November 21.
Imam Husain a practitioner of dark arts went absconding after committing the crime, he was residing at Mangalore for a period of time after which he travelled to different places and lived in disguise.
It was also learnt that the jewelry that he had stolen while committing the murder was sold to a jewelry shop at Pune, although when the police officials cross checked there was no such shop.
The case was solved as it had 39 witnesses to authenticate that the crime was done by Imam Husain. The public prosecutor, MS Thomas D’souza was present in the court.