A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Chengannur Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Binukumar has arrested a 57-year-old murder accused after almost two decades on the run.
Kuttykrishnan G. P., of Mannar near Chengannur who has been accused of killing his wife Jayanthi (32) on April 2, 2004, was nabbed from Thrikkakara in Kochi. According to the police, Kuttykrishnan following an argument with Jayanthi attacked her and smashed her head with a hammer in the afternoon. After she died, he decapitated her head using a knife. He along with his 15-month-old daughter spent the entire night beside the dead body. The murder had come to light a day after and the Mannar police apprehended him.
The police said that it was the couple’s second marriage. However, Kuttykrishnan came to know about Jayanti’s first marriage and divorce only after their marriage. “He was furious with Jayanthi for hiding the first marriage from him. He blindly suspected that she was having extramarital affairs. These things led to her murder,” said an official.
