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CBI court sets November 16 hearing in Ariyil Shukkoor murder case
A CBI Special Court has scheduled another hearing for November 16 in the murder case of Abdul Shukkoor, a 21-year-old Indian Union Muslim League worker from Ariyil, Kerala.
Shukkoor was killed in February 2012 in Keezhara, near Taliparamba.
Prosecutors say he and another man were taken from a house and stabbed after a group of youths identified them; the other man escaped.
The case gained political significance because former CPI(M) district secretary P. Jayarajan and former MLA T.V. Rajesh are among the accused.
Investigators allege the two had prior knowledge of a conspiracy to kill Shukkoor, an allegation they have not been found guilty of in the information provided.
The court is expected to decide on November 16 when it will deliver its verdict; an earlier report had said the judgment would come on November 12.
A CBI Special Court has scheduled further hearing in the Ariyil Shukkoor murder case for November 16.
The court is likely to decide that day when it will pronounce its verdict.
The 21-year-old IUML worker Abdul Shukkoor was allegedly killed in Keezhara on February 20, 2012.
Former CPI(M) district secretary P. Jayarajan and former MLA T.V. Rajesh are among the accused.
The case gained political significance after the two were named as accused numbers 32 and 33.
- Who
- Abdul Shukkoor, an Indian Union Muslim League worker, was allegedly murdered; P. Jayarajan and T.V. Rajesh are among the accused.
- What
- A CBI Special Court scheduled further hearing in the murder case and may set a date for its verdict.
- When
- The next hearing is set for November 16, 2026.
- Where
- Keezhara, under the Kannapuram police station limits, where Shukkoor was allegedly killed; the hearing is before a CBI Special Court.
- Why
- The murder was allegedly carried out in retaliation for an attack on Jayarajan and Rajesh earlier that day.
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Shukkoor was allegedly killed in Keezhara after an attack on Jayarajan and Rajesh earlier that morning.
The CBI Special Court posted the case for further hearing on November 16.
The court is due to hear the case and is likely to decide when to pronounce its verdict.
- Next hearing
- November 16, 2026
- Victim
- Abdul Shukkoor, 21
- Place of alleged killing
- Keezhara, under Kannapuram police station limits
- Accused
- P. Jayarajan and T.V. Rajesh, named as accused 32 and 33
- Original reported verdict date
- November 12, 2026