India, March 31 -- Shaba Sharif was abducted in 2019 and killed after year-long torture at Nilambur in Kerala

Hair strand seals conviction

Mysuru/ Malappuram (Kerala): The Additional District and Sessions Court-I at Manjeri in Kerala has sentenced three individuals to varying prison terms for the murder of Shaba Sharif, a traditional healer from Mysuru.

Shaba Sharif (60), a resident of Vasantha Nagar in Bogadi 2nd Stage, Mysuru, was abducted on Aug. 1, 2019 and killed on Oct. 20, 2020, at a house in Nilambur, Kerala, after torture. He had left his home on Aug. 1, claiming he was going to treat someone suffering from piles. The gang abducted him to learn his healing techniques, which had made his clinic popular.

The main accused, Shaib...