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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 accused was out on bail in reference to the homicide of his first spouse in Kerala (File picture)
The manhunt for the accused, recognized as Premkumar, started after our bodies of 74-year-old Mani and her 40-year-old daughter Rekha have been discovered at their residence in Padiyur in Thrissur district. Rekha was married to Premkumar earlier this 12 months, police mentioned.
“We are on the lookout for the accused. The murders were committed either Monday or Tuesday. The autopsy examination planned today will confirm it. Prime facie, the women were killed by strangulation,” mentioned ER Baiju, Kattoor station home officer.
He mentioned that some paperwork and images discovered on the crime scene indicated marital discord. “More details are not known right now. All efforts are being made to nab him.”
Incidentally, 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, mentioned she grew to become conscious of Premkumar’s felony observe file solely just lately.
“We learnt much later on that he was the main accused in the murder of his first wife. He always seemed like a gentleman. We filed a complaint with the local police after he assaulted my sister once,” Sindhu informed a neighborhood information community.
Rekha’s household have filed an unnatural loss of life case with the police.
