Ranjith Sreenivasan (1981-2019) was an Indian Lawyer. He was an active member of the Alleppey Bar Association and was the state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party OBC Morcha. On 19 December 2021, he was murdered in his house in Vellakinar in Alappuzha.
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Wiki/Biography
Ranjith Sreenivasan was born in 1981 (age 40 years; at the time of death).
Physical Appearance
Hair Colour: Grey
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Ranjith Sreenivasan’s mother’s name is Vinodini. He has a younger brother named Abhijit.
Wife & Children
Ranjith Sreenivasan’s wife Lisha Johnson is a lawyer. They have two daughters, Hridya, and Bhagya.
Ranjith Sreenivasan with his wife Lisha
Relationships/Affairs
Ranjith Sreenivasan was in a romantic relationship with Lisha Johnson before their wedding. Lisha followed Christianity and with the help of relatives from both families, they got married.
Religion
Ranjith Sreenivasan followed Hinduism.
Career
Ranjith Sreenivasan was a member of the Alleppey Bar Association and was the state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party OBC Morcha. He was also the district secretary of Bharathiya Abhibashaka Parishad, the Kerala chapter of the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad. In the 2016 assembly elections, he stood as BJP candidate in the Alappuzha constituency and received 18,214 votes.
Death – Murder
On 19 December 2021, Ranjith Sreenivasan was murdered at his home in Vellakinar in Alappuzha. According to the police reports, he was brutally killed in front of his mother, wife, and daughter. The murder case was investigated by a special team led by Alappuzha Dy. SP N. R. Jayaraj. Special Public Prosecutor Prathap G. Padickkal and advocates Sreedevi Prathap, Shilpa Sivan and Hareesh Kattoor represented the prosecution side. The assassination of Sreenivasan was regarded as revenge for the murder of SDPI state secretary KS Shan by alleged RSS members in the Alappuzha district the day before.
SDPI state secretary K S Shan
According to the investigation, there were 56 cuts on Ranjith Sreenivasan’s body and 156 witnesses were examined by the prosecution. The accused claimed that Ranjith was an advocate practising in that court and that the bar in that court had declined to represent him. As a result, the Kerala High Court moved the case trial from Alappuzha Court to Mavelikkara Court. The accused petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the earlier decision and move the trial to Ernakulam Court. The accused’s appeal asking for a trial transfer to Ernakulam was denied by the Supreme Court in November 2023.
15 #PFI activists sentenced to death for killing #BJP leader #RanjithSreenivasan in #Keralahttps://t.co/ZH33VRW5cL
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On 30 January 2024, a Kerala court gave a death sentence to 15 people for killing Ranjith Sreenivasan, all the convicts were members of the Popular Front of India and were convicted on 20 January 2024.
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