Out on bail in murder case, Kerala man kills woman, son

Police launch massive search for Chenthamara, who murdered victim Sudhakaran’s wife Sajitha in 2019

Palakkad (Kerala): A man who was on bail in a murder case, on Monday killed a woman and her son, who was related to the one whom he killed in 2019. The gruesome crime took place at Nenmara near here when 58-year-old Chenthamara, who was on bail for the past two months, on Monday morning stabbed to death his neighbour — 54-year-old Sudhakaran and his mother — 76-year-old Lekshmi.

It was in 2019 that Chenthamara murdered Sudhakaran’s wife Sajitha and has been in jail since then. Two months ago, Chenthamara came out on bail.

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The gruesome crime took place when the trial in the Sajitha murder case was expected to start shortly. According to the locals, Chenthamara holds Sajitha responsible for his separation from his wife and daughter.

Incidentally, Chenthamara and Sudhakaran are neighbours and the former was staying alone in his home. Soon after Chenthamara came out on bail, a few locals including Sudhakaran and his mother had given a written complaint to the local police that he might again unleash another attack. “He had vowed to eliminate Sajitha and two more and first he murdered Sajitha and now he finished two more. A lorry driver by profession, there are doubts if he is of sound mind, but all know he is one who carried a lot of vengeance,” said another local.

The police have launched a massive search for Chenthamara. Meanwhile, the locals are up in arms against the police for their inaction on the complaint given against Chenthamara. While they allowed the body of Lekshmi to be taken to the hospital as she was not dead at that time, they are not allowing the body of Sudhakaran to be taken for post-mortem and said they will allow it only after Chenthamara is arrested.