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The Crime Branch (CB) squad probing the disappearance of Bindhu Padmanabhan, 52, from Kadakarappally successful Alappuzha has filed a study earlier the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court- 1, Cherthala, stating that she was murdered by C.M. Sebastian, 68, of Pallippuram.
The CB precocious booked Sebastian, who has been successful remand for astir 2 months successful transportation with the execution of different woman, Jainamma (Jain Mathew), from Ettumanur, nether Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita successful the Bindhu case.
According to the CB report, Sebastian confessed to murdering Bindhu during questioning successful transportation with the Jainamma execution case. Sebastian, who was produced earlier the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court successful the Bindhu execution lawsuit earlier this week, has been remanded successful constabulary custody till September 30.
The probe squad is expected to instrumentality him to assorted places arsenic portion of grounds collection.
The probe into the Bindhu lawsuit regained momentum aft Sebastian’s apprehension successful the Jainamma execution lawsuit 2 months ago. Sebastian had earlier failed to cooperate with the probe into the disappearance of Bindhu. 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 of rupees, had gone missing nether mysterious circumstances a fewer years ago. He besides alleged that immoderate existent property brokers had taken possession of her assets aft forging documents.
Assets sold
The probe revealed that Sebastian and different idiosyncratic T. Mini, alias Jaya, had sold assets owned by Bindhu aft forging documents. According to the police, a powerfulness of lawyer was registered astatine Pattanakkad sub-registrar’s office successful 2013, with Mini signing the papers posing arsenic Bindhu. Following this, a spot owned by Bindhu worthy ₹5 crore was sold to a Changanassery native, who aboriginal resold it to different person.
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.
Besides the Jainamma and Bindhu cases, Sebastian is besides nether probe successful transportation with the disappearance of different woman, Ayesha, from Varanad successful Cherthala.
