THODUPUZHA: The Thodupuzha Court awarded death penalty to Hameed, the accused in the Cheenikuzhi murder case. The accused should serve ten years in prison for barging into the house and creating issues. The court had earlier found Hameed guilty in the case of locking his own son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters in the house and setting them on fire.

Hameed had set the house on fire killing his son Muhammed Faizal (45) of Cheenikuzhi, Udumbannur, Thodupuzha, his wife Sheeba (40) and their children Meharin (16) and Asna (13) on March 19, 2022. This act had shocked the entire hometown. No one could believe that their own grandfather had killed his two granddaughters. The case is that Hameed threw bottles filled with petrol into the bedroom and set them on fire.

After making sure that

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