Cherthala police arrest two in missing realtor case
As per the documents seized, property worth Rs 5 crore was sold to a party hailing from Kollam.
ALAPPUZHA: The Cherthala police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the case of realtor Bindhu, 44, who has been missing for the last two years. The two arrested, Govindankutty Menon, 79, Arakkalparambil house, Edapally, third accused, and Shilji P. Kurien, Parassery house, Pallipuram, fourth accused, were remanded in judicial custody by the local court at Cherthala on Friday.
They had signed as witnesses on the documents that were forged in the name of Bindhu to strike land deals. The prime accused Sebastian, Pallippuram near Kadakkarapally, and Jaya, Kuruppamkulangara, Ermalloor, are absconding, the police said. Bindhu, who was unmarried, was staying alone at her home, Padmanivas, Alumkal junction, Kadakarapally, after the death of her parents. She sold ancestral properties worth crores of rupees. Her brother P. Praveen Kumar, settled in Italy, had registered a case with Pattanakkad police in May this year about the disappearance of his sister.
Praveen collected the details of the land dealings carried out by Bindhu at Edapally sub-registrar office, Ernakulam, in 2013. For preparation of the documents, a driving licence and power of attorney of Bindhu were produced in the registrar office, but all the documents were bogus. According to the police, a power of attorney was registered at the sub-registrar office, Pattanakkad, in 2013. Jaya had signed on the papers in the name of Bindhu.
As per the documents seized, property worth Rs 5 crore was sold to a party hailing from Kollam. The police will submit an application to the registration department to withhold the deal. The investigation team questioned Beena Kurien who was sub-registrar during the registration. She is currently Kannur sub-registrar. The missing case of Bindhu has been handed over to a new team led by Mr A. Nasim, Dy.SP, district narcotics cell.