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One of the factors cited by Judge K Soman to impose the severe penalties was the alleged involvement of the accused in another child sexual abuse case, where the victim was a 10-year-old child from Delhi.
An Ernakulam sessions court today awarded the death sentence to one Ashfaq Alam for the rape and murder of a five-year-old child in Aluva district [State of Kerala v. Asafak Alam].
Meta Description: Ashfaq Alam, accused in the Aluva child rape and murder case, has been sentenced to death by the Ernakulam POCSO Court. The 28-year-old migrant from Bihar was found guilty of sexually assaulting and killing a five-year-old girl. The court deemed this crime as one of the 'rarest of rare' cases, justifying the capital punishment.
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