Probe finds prank led to toddler loss of life, two suicides in Kerala

Express News Service
KOLLAM: In what could possibly be mistaken because the climax of against the law thriller, the Chathannoor police have gathered essential proof to show that the Facebook pal, Ananthu, who allegedly prompted 22-year outdated Reshma of Kalluvathukkal to desert her new born child is a fictitious character. The anticlimax, nevertheless, is that the faux ID Ananthu was created by Reshma’s shut family members Arya and Greeshma who ended life by leaping right into a river quickly after the arrest of the toddler’s mom. 

According to Chathannoor ACP Nizamudeen Y, who’s main the probe, the police have gotten proof to show that Reshma had been chatting with a faux ID created by Arya and Greeshma. The info was confirmed after questioning certainly one of Greeshma’s shut pals who had been conscious of the prank performed by the younger girls. 

In the preliminary part itself, police discovered the Facebook ID to be faux, however, investigators had no clue that Reshma’s family members had been behind that. It is learnt that the model of the witness might be recorded as sworn assertion in entrance of the judicial Justice of the Peace within the coming week. The police are additionally ready to interrogate Reshma who’s underneath quarantine at Women’s Prison, Attakulangara, after testing optimistic for Covid. Reshma instructed the police that she had deserted her second youngster as suggested by Facebook pal Ananthu although she had by no means met Ananthu or seen his {photograph}.

The toddler boy was discovered dumped in a heap of rubbish behind Reshma’s home at Oozhaykode, close to Kalluvathukkal, on January 5. Though the toddler was rushed to hospital, he couldn’t be saved. After almost 5 months of investigation, the police obtained scientific proof by DNA take a look at to show the kid was delivered by Reshma. However, Reshma’s husband Vishnu instructed police that he was not conscious that she had been pregnant. Reshma’s arrest was recorded on June 22. She had stated the second youngster can be a hurdle for her plans to reside along with her Facebook pal. 

The investigation turned to 23-year-old Arya, the sister-in-law of Vishnu, after police discovered that Reshma had used a SIM card taken in her title. On the scheduled day of interrogation, Arya and her relative 22-year-old Greeshma went lacking. Later, their our bodies had been recovered from Ithikara river.  

‘Quizzing Reshma may give clarity’

Though native individuals initially put the police within the dock for his or her loss of life, investigators discovered a hyperlink between their suicide and Reshma’s arrest. The query why the ladies resorted to suicide as they’d been summoned just for verifying standing of SIM card perplexed police and subsequently led them to Greeshma’s shut pal. She instructed police that Greeshma had been pranking Reshma for enjoyable and he or she had no intention to hurt her. Greeshma has additionally revealed concerning the prank to her mom, stated the police.

Though Reshma named Ananthu for persuading her to desert the kid, the police have discovered loopholes within the argument. An officer, who’s a part of the probe, stated Arya and Greeshma may not have been conscious of Reshma’s being pregnant. “She might have hidden that information from her virtual friend and abandoned the child of her own will. That might be the reason the two women took their lives. We will get more clarity once we interrogate Reshma in custody,” he stated.