NIA court to complete framing of charges against 2010 hand-chopping case accused on May 15

A special court in Kochi will complete proceedings for framing charges against the prime accused in the 2010 hand-chopping case involving professor T J Joseph. The case, in which PFI activists were accused of attacking him, was later taken over by the National Investigation Agency. The court has directed the accused, Savad and Shafeer C, to appear before it on May 15 for recording their pleas as part of the charge-framing process