Kerala: Weeks after daughter’s physique was discovered, man held for homicide

Twenty-eight days after a 13-year-old woman was discovered lifeless in a river close to Kochi, police on Monday arrested her father, who has been absconding since then, on costs of homicide.
Kochi City Police Commissioner C Nagaraju instructed the media that Sanu Mohan, 40, needed to finish his life on account of a monetary disaster however didn’t need to go away his daughter Vaiga, 13, alone after his dying. Hence, he first killed the daughter however didn’t take his personal life earlier than being caught by the police. The probe to date has not revealed the position of one other particular person within the killing, mentioned the commissioner.
Sanu has been lacking for the reason that evening of March 21, a day earlier than Vaiga’s physique was fished out from a river close to Kochi. He was nabbed by Karnataka Police from Karwar on Sunday and dropped at Kochi, the place his arrest was recorded on Monday.
Sanu who lived at a residential condo at Kangarappady, a suburban space in Kochi, had left his flat within the morning of March 21 together with spouse Ramya and daughter. After leaving his spouse together with her family in Alappuzha, Sanu returned to the flat together with the daughter. Later within the evening, he was discovered lacking together with the daughter. On March 22, their household filed a lacking criticism with the native police. In the afternoon, the physique of Vaiga was fished out from Muttar river close to Kochi.

The police had carried out intensive searches within the river, fearing that Sanu had drowned to dying. However, because the probe continued, they discovered that his automobile had crossed Kerala-Tamil Nadu inter-state test submit in Walayar. Subsequently, the police carried out intensive searches in Tamil Nadu.
The mysterious dying and the lacking case bought a breakthrough final Saturday after a lodge in Kollur alerted Kochi police that an individual named Sanu Mohan had checked in on the lodge on April 10 and left the lodge on Friday morning with out footing payments. CCTV footage from the lodge confirmed Sanu sitting within the foyer. The ID card he had furnished on the lodge whereas checking in additionally helped the police confirm the id of the absconding particular person. Early on Sunday morning, he was nabbed by the police in coastal Karwar.
Assistant Commissioner (Kochi) G Sreekumar, who headed the investigation, mentioned after returning to the flat on March 21, Sanu tried to smother Vaiga. After she fell unconscious, Sanu draped her in a blanket, seated her in his automobile after which drove out of his condo. He then threw his daughter into the river, resulting in her dying by drowning.
The assistant commissioner mentioned, “the postmortem has proven presence of alcohol in Vaiga’s physique. Besides, there have been bloodstains at his flat. We are analyzing each components. An in depth confessional assertion would reveal extra about these features,’’ he mentioned.
Sreekumar mentioned Sanu had returned to Kochi 5 years again from Pune after his metal gross sales enterprise collapsed inflicting a legal responsibility of round Rs 3 crore. “Cheating cases are pending against him in Pune. After reaching Kochi, he has been running life on loans availed from various sources. His interior decoration business in Kochi did not fetch a profit. But, Sanu still banked upon money availed from various sources. He had pledged gold and his flat for money. As the flow of money got reduced, he decided to end his life.”

According to the police, Sanu didn’t focus on the suicide plan together with his spouse Ramya. “Ramya is daring and therefore Sanu feared that discussing such a transfer would spoil his plan. He was very near their daughter, who was an excellent pupil. Vaiga had a cheerful life together with her dad and mom. He thought after his dying Vaiga could be left to face troubles and monetary difficulties. Hence, he needed to remove her additionally. Whereas, about Ramya, Sanu’s thought she could be taken care of by her dad and mom,’’ mentioned the officer.
Sreekumar mentioned Sanu had instructed police that he had made a number of makes an attempt to finish his life. “After getting him in custody, we would have to take him to various places where he had stayed after killing the daughter to ascertain his claims about suicide attempts.”
Vaiga had acted in a Malayalam film and her dubbing work was pending.