The police investigation into the alleged murder of 34-year-old man by his wife at Kalanjoor, Pathanamthitta, took a rather bizarre turn after the victim was traced alive to a village near Thodupuzha, Idukki, on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, Jaimon, a senior civil police officer on duty at the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police at Thodupuzha, traced Noushad to Thommankuthu. He had been employed at a rubber plantation there as a casual worker and for the fear of being traced, he never used a mobile phone.
The development, meanwhile, has caught the Koodal police on the back foot as it had already arrested Afsana, wife of Noushad, in connection with the missing case. As per a complaint lodged by Noushad’s father, the person had gone missing from his house near Kalanjoor in November 2021.
