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The Crime Branch (CB) squad investigating the Bindhu Padmanabhan missing lawsuit has widened the probe. During interrogation, cardinal fishy Sebastian C.M., of Pallippuram, adjacent Cherthala, has confessed to sidesplitting and burying Bindhu, a autochthonal of Kadakkarappally, who had been missing for 19 years.
The CB believes Bindhu was murdered successful May 2006. Sebastian admitted that the execution took spot astatine his Pallippuram house, wherever grounds was collected connected September 27. He told investigators that the execution was carried retired to extort ₹1.5 lakh, which Bindhu had received arsenic an beforehand for the merchantability of her spot successful Ambalappuzha. Sebastian reportedly strangled her with a shawl, dismembered the assemblage and buried the parts successful his location compound. After decomposition, helium collected the bones, burned them, and scattered the ashes successful antithetic locations.
Investigators judge the execution and disposal of the assemblage took spot implicit respective months. Sebastian told them that helium could not retrieve the nonstop locations wherever helium buried the assemblage parts oregon scattered the ashes.
Bindhu had received the magnitude connected May 7, 2006. A quality implicit the wealth betwixt her and Sebastian, the CB concluded, provoked the murder.
The CB precocious booked Sebastian, who has been successful remand for astir 2 months successful transportation with the disappearance of different woman, Jainamma (Jain Mathew), from Ettumanur, nether Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita successful the Bindhu case.
Sebastian had antecedently not cooperated with the probe into Bindhu’s disappearance. In May 2018, the constabulary launched a probe based connected a ailment by Bindhu’s brother, Praveen Kumar, stating that his sister, who owned assets worthy crores, had gone missing nether mysterious circumstances. He besides alleged that immoderate existent property brokers had taken possession of her assets by forging documents.
The probe revealed that Sebastian and different idiosyncratic T. Mini, alias Jaya, had sold Bindhu’s assets aft forging documents. According to the police, a powerfulness of lawyer was registered astatine Pattanakkad sub-registrar’s bureau successful 2013, with Mini signing the papers posing arsenic Bindhu. Following this, a spot worthy ₹5 crore owned by Bindhu was sold to a Changanassery native, who aboriginal resold it.
As the probe progressed, Mini surrendered earlier a section court, portion constabulary arrested Sebastian successful transportation with papers forgery and amerciable onshore deals. Though Sebastian was questioned astir Bindhu’s whereabouts, it yielded nary results. He was aboriginal released connected bail.
Jainamma missing case
The Jainamma missing lawsuit is being probed by the Kottayam CB. The CB believes Jainamma was murdered by Sebastian. During the investigation, humor stains, a purse, and a ticker belonging to Jainamma were recovered astatine Sebastian’s location astatine Pallippuram. Burnt remains and bony fragments were recovered from the location compound, but DNA investigating has not yet confirmed whether they beryllium to Jainamma.
Besides the Jainamma and Bindhu cases, Sebastian is besides nether probe successful transportation with the disappearance of different woman, Ayesha, from Varanad successful Cherthala.
