Idukki: Accused arrested in Panikkankudy housewife murder case. Panikankudi Manikkunnel Binoy was arrested by the police from Perinchankutty. He was apprehended from the Perinchamkutty Bamboo plantation area, about 5 km from the spot. According to the mobile tower location, the police had been monitoring him in the Perinchakutty area for two days. It is learned that he was caught while trying to swim across the Chinnar river from near the bamboo forest to the other side.
His mobile phone had been spotted at the Katadipara tower location since Monday morning. For the past two days, police have been inspecting private buses and other vehicles passing through the Adimali Kallarkutty area. Another team was conducting inspections at the Tamil Nadu border.
Sindhu has been missing since the morning of the 12th from Panikkankudi. The relatives had also lodged a complaint with the Vellathooval police. Meanwhile, the disappearance of Manikunnel Binoy, who had been with Sindhu, strengthened the suspicion of relatives and locals.
The information about the murder came out when the relatives came to the house at around 3 pm and searched it. The house was opened after Sindhu’s younger son’s revelations about changes in the house. The police had been conducting investigations in three teams led by the Idukki DySP. Accused Binoy was taken to the Vellathooval Police Station.
