Search on for accused in Kerala double homicide case
Jun 06, 2025 08:34 AM IST
The Kerala police on Thursday issued a lookout round for a 43-year-old man who has been accused of killing his second spouse and mother-in-law whereas out on bail for murdering his first spouse.
The Kerala police on Thursday issued a lookout round for a 43-year-old man who has been accused of killing his second spouse and mother-in-law whereas out on bail for murdering his first spouse.
The manhunt for the accused, recognized as Premkumar, started after our bodies of 74-year-old Mani and her 40-year-old daughter Rekha had been discovered at their dwelling in Padiyur in Thrissur district. Rekha was married to Premkumar earlier this 12 months, police stated.
“We’re looking out for the accused. The murders had been dedicated both Monday or Tuesday. The post-mortem examination deliberate in the present day will verify it. Prime facie, the ladies had been killed by strangulation,” stated ER Baiju, Kattoor station home officer.
He stated that some paperwork and pictures discovered on the crime scene indicated marital discord. “Extra particulars should not recognized proper now. All efforts are being made to nab him.”
By the way, Premkumar was out on bail in reference to the homicide of his first spouse Vidya in Kerala. He had allegedly killed her and dumped her physique in Tamil Nadu in 2019. The case was registered on the Udayamperoor police station in Ernakulam district.
Sindhu, sister of Rekha who found the 2 our bodies on Wednesday and knowledgeable the police, stated she turned conscious of Premkumar’s prison observe file solely lately.
“We learnt a lot afterward that he was the principle accused within the homicide of his first spouse. He at all times appeared like a gentleman. We filed a grievance with the native police after he assaulted my sister as soon as,” Sindhu advised an area information community.
Rekha’s household have filed an unnatural dying case with the police.
