A chilling and harrowing case has emerged from Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, where an eight-month-old innocent baby was brutally killed in August 2023 simply because she would not stop crying. Three full years after this horrific crime took place, law enforcement officers have successfully arrested the victim's biological mother, Manju, and sent her to jail. The entire sequence of events reads like a terrifying crime thriller, exposing a shocking breakdown of trust and extreme cruelty. Police investigations revealed that back in 2023, following a domestic dispute with her husband Esakki, Manju had left home with her newborn daughter and traveled to Alappuzha. While she was sitting near a local shop in Alappuzha, a nomadic individual named Shivan approached her, offering false promises to take care of both the mother and the child. Manju fell right into his trap and accompanied him to Changanassery, where the two began living on the veranda of a commercial shop.
Infant Body Dumped in Swampy Area
On a fateful and terrifying night in August 2023, when the baby started crying persistently, a furious Shivan strangled the infant, ending her life right there. To cover up the gruesome murder, Shivan and Manju called upon Shivan's brother, Shakti, to assist them. All three accused loaded the lifeless body of the infant onto a scooter, transported it to a swampy region in Valanjavattom, dumped it, and fled the scene. The body of the baby was eventually recovered on August 12, 2023. The breakthrough in this cold case came when Manju returned alone to her colony without her daughter and started panicking when questioned by locals. Acting on information provided by a local colony promoter, police interrogated her rigorously, which ultimately unraveled the entire dark truth behind the missing child.
Manhunt Underway for Remaining Fugitive Suspects
A special police team led by Tiruvalla DSP P.R. Santhosh apprehended Manju and produced her before a local court, which subsequently remanded her to judicial custody. Meanwhile, acting on strict directives issued by District Police Chief R. Anand, law enforcement teams are carrying out continuous raids and intensive searches to track down the primary accused Shivan and his brother Shakti. Authorities are leaving no stone unturned to bring all perpetrators of this brutal crime to justice, leaving the local community deeply shaken by the sheer cruelty of the incident.
