falsely implicate the accused in the case. These witnesses are also not shown to have any element of motive or enmity to the accused, the court held. The chances of Arikkad Varghese who is a Naxalite leader, alone getting isolated in the forest without the company of any of his followers and getting himself engaged in an encounter with a team of armed CRPF men are remote, the court held. Ramachandran Nair, who died in 2006, had stated that he made the confession after all these years to clear his conscience. The verdict of the CBI Special Court was later upheld by the Kerala High Court. See Also 1- Jayaram Padikkal 2- M. Abdul Sathar Kunju 3- Jacob Punnoose 4- Kerala Police References 1935 births People from Kasaragod district Indian police officers Kerala Police officers Living people