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Ranjith Sreenivasan Wiki, Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More

April 8, 20240

 

Ranjith Sreenivasan (1981-2021) was an Indian lawyer. He was an active member of the Alleppey Bar Association and was the state secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party OBC Morcha. On 19 December 2021, he was murdered in his house in Vellakinar in Alappuzha.

Wiki/Biography

Ranjith Sreenivasan was born in 1981 (age 40 years; at the time of death). He pursued an LLB degree at Bharati Vidyapeeth New Law College, Pune. He graduated in 2001.

Physical Appearance

Hair Colour: Grey

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Ranjith Sreenivasan’s mother’s name is Vinodini. His younger brother’s name is Abhijit.

Wife & Children

Ranjith Sreenivasan’s wife, Lisha Johnson, is a lawyer. He is survived by 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.

Religion

Ranjith Sreenivasan followed Hinduism.

Career

Ranjith Sreenivasan was a member of the Alleppey Bar Association and was the state secretary of the 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 Kerala assembly elections, he won the Alappuzha constituency on a BJP ticket; he received 18,214 votes.

Car Collection

Ranjith Sreenivasan owned a Tata 2009 car.

Assets & Properties

Movable Assets

  • Motor Vehicles: Rs. 2,94,000
  • NSS, Postal Savings etc: Rs. 1,293
  • Other (LIC or other insurance Policies): Rs. 4,93,938

Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2022-2023. It excludes the assets owned by his wife and dependents.

Net Worth

Vasudev Devnani’s net worth for the financial year 2022-2023 was estimated to be Rs. 15,86,808 It excludes the net worth of his wife.

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 Kerala 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.

On 30 January 2024, a Kerala court gave 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.