The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Palakkad double murder case: Convict Chenthamara gets death penalty
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Abdul Latheef Naha
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A court in Palakkad, Kerala, has sentenced a man named Chenthamara to death for the 2025 murder of a mother and her son. The judge classified the case as 'rarest of rare' and ordered state-funded compensation for the victims' orphaned daughters.
The Additional District and Sessions Court-IV, Palakkad, on Monday (July 20, 2026) sentenced Chenthamara, the lone convict in the Pothundy twin murder case in Kerala , to death by hanging, holding that the case fell under the “rarest of rare” category.
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