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KOZHIKODE: The state witnessed a string of blood-curdling murders of youngsters and fraud makes an attempt by girls final 12 months, exposing the altering profile of society. Top cops say circumstances involving girls are nonetheless low in state, if that may be a comfort
For just a few years, some sensational crimes allegedly dedicated by girls have hogged headlines in Kerala. From Saritha Nair and Jolly Joseph to Swapna Suresh, the state has been witnessing a development of girls figuring prominently in such crimes.Last 12 months noticed girls concerned in some cold-blooded crimes. In February, a 22-year-old girl was arrested on expenses of killing her one-and-a-half-year-old son by hurling him on to the seashore rocks to reside along with her lover in Kannur. In December, Nedumangad police arrested a 28-year-old girl for allegedly murdering and burying her three-day-old youngster behind her home to cowl up an extramarital affair.
According to Manoj Abraham, ADGP, State Crime Records Bureau, “In general, the number of crimes committed by women remains low, but certain rare cases get noticed easily and become sensational. Even now, the common crimes committed by women are theft and fraud. Very few murder cases involving women come up every year, but those become sensational. We can’t really say there is a noticeable growth in cases of murder committed by women, but there were a few blood-curdling murders.”
Rishiraj Singh, DGP, Prisons and Correctional Services, stated Kerala is without doubt one of the states which have only a few girl jail inmates. “Our women’s jails have around 350 employees but the number of prisoners is fewer than that. A majority of the inmates are non-Keralites. Only a few commit crimes in Kerala.”
On February 17 in 2020, a Monday, Kannur Thayyil native Pranav lodged a grievance with Kannur City police saying his son Viyan, who was sleeping with him, was lacking when he awakened the subsequent morning. Later, his physique was discovered close to the seashore rock in Thayyil. Though Viyan’s mom Saranya had denied any function throughout interrogation initially, she later confessed that she threw the kid on the rock to kill him in order that she might elope along with her lover.
In the Nedumangad case, Viji, who has two daughters aged 9 and 6, had been residing individually from her husband for 5 years. She obtained pregnant once more from an extramarital affair. She strangled her three-day-old child and buried her behind the home. She fooled her family members and neighbours throughout being pregnant by claiming she had a tumour in abdomen.
Fraud and honeytrap
Last 12 months additionally noticed honeytrap and scams involving girls. The gold smuggling involving Swapna Suresh continues to be a sizzling matter within the state. In one other case, a Wayanad-based girl, Okay Okay Bindu, was arrested in December for mortgaging 5.5kg of imitation gold on the Union Bank department on PM Taj Road in Kozhikode and duping it of I1,69,51,385.
The Infopark police in Kochi on October 30 arrested three males and a lady in reference to laying of a honey lure that culminated within the homicide of Kollam native Divakaran Nair, 65, whose physique was discovered from Kakkanad on October 25. The arrested have been Anilkumar, 37, Sanjay, 23, Rajesh, 37, and Shanifa, 55. In one other case, a four-member gang, together with a 23-year-old girl, was arrested by the Thrikkakara police for allegedly ensnaring a younger businessman from Pachalam in Kochi metropolis in a honeytrap. The gang captured the sufferer’s nude pictures and used these for blackmailing him.
Some sensational crimes in 2020A 22-year-old girl arrested on expenses of killing her one-and-a-half-year-old son by hurling him on to the seashore rock in Kannur’s Thayyil in February 2020On July 5, 2020, 30kg of gold value Rs 14.82 crore was seized by the customs at Thiruvananthapuram airport from a diplomatic bag and Swapna Suresh, former govt secretary on the UAE Consulate emerged as a key accused
A four-member gang, together with a 23-year-old girl, arrested by Thrikkakara police for allegedly ensnaring a younger businessman from Pachalam in a honeytrap in AugustOn October 30, the Infopark police in Kochi arrested three males and a lady in reference to the laying of a honey lure that culminated within the homicide of 65-year-old Divakaran NairA Wayanad native girl arrested for mortgaging 5.5kg of imitation gold at Union Bank department on PM Taj Road in Kozhikode and duping it of D1,69,51,385 in DecemberNedumangad police arrested a 28-year-old girl for allegedly murdering and burying her three-day-old youngster behind her home to cowl up an extramarital affair in December