Stephen Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (MS)
Kasargod, Oct 28: Kasargod police successfully cracked a murder case that took place in the town six and a half years ago and the District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) team have arrested the wife of the deceased, her paramour and a minor son.
Giving details in a press meet, Dr A Srinivas, SP of the district, said, "With regards to the murder of Mohammed Kunhi (32), a resident of Ballur Star city of Mogral Puttur, his wife Sakeena (35), her lover N A Ummer (41), a resident of Muliyar Bovikkana Aliyadka and 16-year-old son of Sakeena have been arrested. The deceased Mohammed Kunhi has property and valuables worth lacs of rupees. Sakeena and her paramour Ummer have confessed during the interrogation that they killed Mohammed to get his property."
Sakeena (L) and Ummer
DCIB team
Mohammed Kunhi was murdered by strangulation by a shawl. Later his body was thrown to the Chadragiri rivulet by all the three arrested. The arrested have confessed this to the police.
On August 8, 2012, Mohammed Shafi, a relative of Mohammed Kunhi had given a complaint in the town police station about the missing of Mohammed Kunhi. Police had conducted investigation. In the midst of this Habeas Corpus petition was filed in the Kerala high court. The high court had directed to form a special investigation team in order to conduct the investigation on December 12, 2012. The investigation was conducted under the leadership of a senior officer. The case was handed over to DCIB of the district in April 2014.
The inquiry of the case got drive after P K Jayson, DySP too charge of the investigation in Feb 2018. During the investigation the police got the clue that Sakeena and her paramour have had some hand in the disappearance of the Mohammed Kunhi. The police came to know that the accused have sold three properties owned by Mohammed Kunhi after his death. On the basis of this information, the police arrested both Sakeena and Ummer and unearthed the crime.
Arrested Ummer has already served a prison sentence for prostitution. He has three wives as per the information given by the police.
More investigation is being conducted as per the details given by Dr A Srinivas, SP of the district. The investigation team includes P K Jayson, DySP of DCIB, P V Shivadasan, sub-inspector and personnel like Sheikh Abdul Razak, P V Sasikumar, P V Praseeda and Prashant.