Idukki (Kerala), Apr 27 (PTI) Police on Monday recovered two bodies buried in the compound of a house in Nedumkandam in this hill district while searching for a missing woman and her son who had been staying there, officials said.
Police recovered the bodies while searching for missing persons Marykutty (70) and her son Reji (48), residents of Thootuvakada in Kalkoonthal village in Nedumkandam, after a missing persons case was registered, officials said.
Police said Marykutty’s daughter, Sini, filed a missing persons complaint on Sunday, based on which a case was registered.
However, since Sunday, Marykutty’s other son, Saji, has also been missing.
As per the FIR, Marykutty and Reji had not been seen since April 2.
Police officials said Saji, who lived at the house, had told relatives that Marykutty and Reji had left the house on April 2 and had not returned.
During the probe, police searched the house premises on Monday morning and found body parts buried in a recently dug pit in the compound.
In the afternoon, police, in the presence of forensic experts, exhumed two bodies buried in a pit near the house.
Police said the bodies were in a decomposed state and are suspected to be those of a man and a woman.
The bodies have been shifted to the hospital for post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death, they said.
DNA analysis will also be conducted to confirm whether the bodies are those of the missing mother and son.
District Police Chief K M Sabu Mathew, who visited the house, told reporters that Saji has been missing since Sunday.
“We received information that there were fights in the family. Based on this, when we investigated the house, suspicious circumstances emerged. We suspect they were murdered,” he said.
Intensifying the probe, police have also circulated Saji’s photograph to trace him. PTI TBA SSK
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