Months after accused Shaibin Ashraf, together with 5 members of his gang, was arrested in reference to Mysuru conventional healer Shaba Shareef’s homicide, the particular investigation workforce (SIT) additionally probing Ashraf’s position in a twin homicide case, on Thursday exhumed the physique of one of many victims.
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The dual murders have been reported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) two years in the past. Police on Thursday exhumed the physique of Densi Antony (37), from the morgue of St Joseph’s churchinChalakudy (Thrissur) and despatched her mortal stays for forensic examination in Thrissur medical school hospital.
Antony was suspected to have been murdered in Abu Dhabi alongside together with her employer T P Harris (45) by Ashraf and his gang members. Earlier, Harris’s physique was additionally exhumed from a burial floor in Kunnamangalam (Kozhikode) andsent for forensic examination. A senior official of the SIT mentioned outcomes for each deaths might be out there in a month.
Harris who was Ashraf’s former enterprise affiliate was discovered useless together with his wrist slit and Antony was suffocated to loss of life at Harris’s flat. The UAE police had concluded that it was a “suicide pact” and that Harris had killed Antony earlier than committing suicide .A month after Antony’s loss of life, her physique was delivered to the nation and buried.
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The homicide angle into the 2 deaths got here to the sunshine when the SIT was investigating Shareef’s case, mentioned officers within the know of the event. Shareef was kidnapped from Mysuru in 2019 and killed a yr later.
After Kerala police arrested Ashraf and his gang members in reference to the healer’s homicide in Might, Harris’s mom filed a police criticism searching for a probe into his loss of life.
Final week, the SIT had approached a courtroom in Thrissur to hunt permission to exhume Antony’s mortal stays. Earlier, her relations have been informed that Antony, a mom of three, had died in an accident, mentioned police. Later they have been knowledgeable that she died of cardiac arrest.
“Initially we did suspect some foul play in her loss of life however since we had no proof we brushed it apart. Her mom Rosily was informed concerning the homicide just a few days again after police arrived at their home to take her assertion,” mentioned certainly one of Antony’s family T Varkey.
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The SIT official mentioned throughout investigation they got here throughout a blue print ready to get rid of the 2.
In accordance with the SIT, Ashraf had allegedly engaged eight individuals who have been despatched to the UAE on go to visa in 2020. Ashraf allegedly organized a flat for them in the identical condominium the place Harris stayed, the SIT probe acknowledged. 4 individuals allegedly concerned within the homicide of the healer have been additionally concerned within the twin homicide, SIT discovered.
Whereas probing the arrested accused, they confessed earlier than the SIT that they turned pleasant with Harris. On the day of crime, the accused confined Harris in his flat and summoned his supervisor. They mentioned earlier than killing Harris, he was compelled to suffocate Antony — who handed out — to get his finger prints on her physique. The accused informed the SIT that they tortured Harris, slit his wrist, after which he bled to loss of life. Later, the accused once more suffocated Antony to loss of life together with her scarf, they informed the SIT.
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The SIT additionally acknowledged that Ashraf was monitoring the whole lot from his home in Wayanad, north Kerala.
In April, Ashraf’s gang members — Shihabuddin, M Nousahd and Zakeer — tried to immolate themselves earlier than the state secretariat alleging that they have been hounded by Ashraf. Later, they have been overpowered by police and whereas in custody they confessed concerning the healer’s killing and handed over a pen drive which carried his “torture classes.”The pen drive additionally had data on some conversations there have been references on how a twin homicide case was transformed as “good suicide.”
Two weeks again, a retired sub-inspector of police S Surendran, who was a detailed aide of Ashraf, surrendered earlier than a courtroom in Idukki after evading arrest for 4 months. Police suspect that Surendran helped Ashraf and will have additionally been a conspirator in among the murders. Throughout probe, the SIT additionally discovered that Surendran had gone on international journeys in final 5 years.
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