Overview
- Advocate B G Harindranath has been named special prosecutor by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
- An official notification confirming the appointment will be issued soon, the Chief Minister’s Office said.
- The survivor wrote to the Chief Minister on November 12, 2025 seeking a special public prosecutor for the appeal.
- Criminal appeals filed by the state and the survivor are pending before the Kerala High Court.
- Franco Mulakkal was acquitted by a Kottayam trial court in 2022 and later resigned as Jalandhar Bishop.