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Kerala Doctor Murder: Accused Remanded In Custody For 14 Days

Kerala court has recently remanded accused G Sandeep for 14 days in the house surgeon Dr Vandana Das murder case.

The accused will be shifted to Poojappura jail.

Earlier, the Department of Public Education suspended the accused Sandeep from his position as a teacher at Nedumbana UP School. The suspension was initiated after a departmental inquiry on the instructions of Public Education Minister V Sivankutty.

Sandeep (school teacher), was taken into police custody from his house on Tuesday night after a fight with his neighbors. He was brought to the government hospital by the Police for a mandatory medical check-up when he turned brutal.

According to police, the incident took place at 4.30 am today when Sandeep (42) out of the blue stabbed the house surgeon, Vandana Das (23) when she was dressing his wounds.

Grabbed scissors from the dressing room, Sandeep, who was reportedly under treatment in a deaddiction centre, stabbed Vandana 6 times causing injuries to her abdomen and back.

Therefore, he also attacked others and vandalized the hospital. A home guard and a sub-inspector also sustained stab injuries. Police stated that Dr Vandana got shifted to KIMS hospital in Thiruvananthapuram where she succumbed to her injuries.

Dr Vandana was a house surgeon at Azeezia medical college, Kollam and she was on duty at Taluk Hospital, Kottarakkara. She was the only daughter of Mohandas & Vasantha Kumari, residents of Kadunthurity in the Kollam district.

Her post-mortem was completed, and doctors and medical students paid homage to her at Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital.
Governor Arif Muhammad Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, minister Vasavan, and many others visited to pay homage to Vandana at KIMS hospital.

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