Second Kaliyakkavilai murder accused held for supplying weapon | Onmanorama News

Thiruvananthapuram: Police on Sunday arrested the second accused in the murder of businessman Deepu Soman in Kaliyakkavilai.
Sunil Kumar, a native of Neyyattinkara and a friend of the main accused Ambili (also known as Saji Kumar), was arrested from Parassala. Police said he was absconding for three days.

According to the police, Sunil, who owns medical shops in Parassala and Neyyattinkara, allegedly supplied the surgical blade that Ambili used to slit Deepu's throat. Sunil also allegedly drove Ambili to Kaliyakkavilai to commit the murder. The police recovered Sunil's car from Kulasekharam in Kanyakumari district.

Tamil Nadu police found Deepu with his throat slit in the driver's seat of a car in Kaliyakkavilai, near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, on June 24. Deepu, who operated a crushing unit at Malayam in Thiruvananthapuram, had left his home for Coimbatore to purchase equipment. for his business. He was carrying cash worth Rs 10 lakh, his family said. The amount was missing from his car, but police later recovered Rs 7 lakh from Ambili's house and are investigating the whereabouts of the remaining Rs 3 lakh.