Month-long search ends as police nab Kerala man who killed 11-year-old daughter

By Express News Service
KOCHI: The month-long manhunt for Sanu Mohan who was absconding after the demise of his 11-year-old daughter Vaiga, whose physique was present in a mysterious situation within the Muttar river on 22 March, ended on Sunday with the police arresting the 40-year-old from Karnataka within the morning.

As per the data sourced from the native police right here, Sanu was arrested by the police from Karwar in north Karnataka and was later handed over to the Kerala police. 

The police cracked the case after an important data was shared by a Malayali worker of a lodge in Kollur the place Sanu Mohan stayed from April 10-16. The Kerala police, with the assist of Karnataka police, launched an intensive search in Mangaluru and Kollur in the previous few days.

“After we got the location of Sanu Mohan on Saturday, a special team was deployed at Kollur to trace him.  When the team reached the location, he had left the place. However, based on some information, the Karnataka police hunted him down at Karwar. They later handed over him to the Kerala police team,” mentioned a police officer.

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According to a supply, Sanu was planning to flee from Kollur to Goa. “As per the information we have, Sanu reached Kollur from Coimbatore. Though he took shelter in a hotel in Kollur, he seems to have got a hint on the police movement and moved towards Goa in a private tourist bus. Since the police have intensified the search across the state, he landed in the net,” added the supply.

Meanwhile, it’s learnt that the SIT will attain Kochi with Sanu on Sunday midnight. 

It was on 21 March, Sanu and his daughter Vaiga went lacking in mysterious situations. Though Vaiga’s physique was recovered from the Muttar river close to Manjummel, there was no clue on the whereabouts of her father Sanu. It was after the police recovered the CCTV footage from Walayar toll plaza, they concluded that Sanu was alive and he had a job within the demise of his daughter. Even the report of the Regional Chemical Laboratory which got here out on Saturday discovered the presence of alcohol within the physique of Vaiga.

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“As per the autopsy report, Vaiga died of drowning. But with the lab report, it is crystal clear that there an attempt of murder. So far Sanu was not added as an accused in this but this will be added after quizzing Sanu,” mentioned the police officer.