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The constabulary connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) took a 31-year-old West Bengal autochthonal into custody for allegedly murdering his woman and burying her assemblage adjacent their location astatine Ayarkunnam here. The accused was identified arsenic Soni S.K., a autochthonal of Dharapara successful Murshidabad territory of West Bengal.
The constabulary said the accused was moving arsenic a operation labourer successful Ayarkunnam and was taken into custody from a railway presumption successful Ernakulam portion allegedly attempting to fly to his location town. Soni is accused of murdering his wife, Alpana Khathoon, 28, besides of Murshidabad, and burying her adjacent an under-construction location astatine Ayarkunnam, wherever the mates worked.
According to the police, Soni had lodged a missing persons ailment connected October 17,2025 claiming that his woman had gone missing 3 days earlier. In his statement, Soni said Khathoon had accompanied him to the marketplace to bargain groceries astir 8 a.m. connected October 14, 2025 but was not astatine location erstwhile helium returned from enactment astir 6.30 p.m. The police, however, grew suspicious arsenic helium reported the incidental lone aft 3 days. Further, CCTV footage from the country excessively did not amusement immoderate hint of the woman.
Failed to cooperate
Following this, Soni was asked to look earlier the constabulary connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) for questioning. He, however, failed to cooperate and near for Ernakulam to committee a bid to West Bengal with his 2 children. Acting connected a tip-off, the constabulary detained him and brought him backmost to Ayarkunnam for interrogation.
Police officials said Soni confessed to murdering Khathoon astatine a operation tract by hitting her connected the caput with an robust rod and aboriginal strangling her. He murdered Khathoon connected suspicion that she was having an extramarital affair. Efforts are nether mode to retrieve the body.
The constabulary said Soni’s apprehension would beryllium formally recorded aft the woman’s assemblage is retrieved.
