Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) A special CBI court
here on Monday postponed the pronouncement of the verdict in the
sensational Paul Muthoot George murder case till Tuesday.
The
verdict that was to come out on Monday did not take place after the
court found that three of the 19 accused had not turned up.
The court directed all the accused to be present on Tuesday.
George,
32, was killed under mysterious circumstances near Alappuzha on August
21, 2009 while travelling in a car with Om Prakash and Rajesh, two men
who face several criminal cases in the state.
George, a bachelor,
belonged to the wealthy Muthoot business family, which is into
successful private banking and has numerous other business ventures.
Police first investigated the murder mystery and it was later transferred to the crime branch which arrested 14 people.
Later, George's father sought a CBI probe. The central probe agency took up the case in January 2010.
According to the probe, it was K. Satheesh who stabbed George to death.
The
motive of the crime, according to the investigating agency, was sudden
provocation by the accused after George's speeding vehicle knocked down a
two-wheeler.
The accused and his group of men who saw this
followed George and stopped his vehicle and after a verbal duel, George
was stabbed to death.