Thiruvananthapuram: The police expect to collect key leads about the human trafficking from Munambam from the surveillance camera footage obtained from the house of the main accused in Thiruvananthapuram. About 20 people, including women and children, were seen visiting the house of Sreekanthan at Venganoor on January 7.
Sreekanthan’s neighbours have told the police that he had frequent visitors. The house is fitted with two CCTV cameras. The police have seized the hard disk with the footage. The evidence will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency. The police have also tipped the police in Australia, the suspected destination of the trafficked persons.
Sreekanthan’s house and surroundings are being examined by Kunnathunadu sub inspector Dileesh. The police also examined Sreekanthan’s relatives’ houses in the area.
Sreekanthan bought the two-storied house at Venganoor for Rs 30 lakh three years ago. He had bought LED TVs for every room in the house, including two latest sets. He also owned a large collection of apparels. The police received a huge bill that Sreekanthan had paid a textile shop in the city.
The team also seized a passport belonging to Selvam, an associate of Sreekanthan, along with bank documents and cheques.
Sreekanthan had told his neighbours that he was into apparel business. He lived with a nine-year-old girl and an aged woman, who he claimed was his mother-in-law. He told his neighbours that his wife worked in Bengaluru. The Tamil-speaking family hardly mingled with the neighbours.
Sreekanthan used to come home late, often in an Innova car. He had frequent visitors. He once told a shopkeeper that his visitors were relatives from Tamil Nadu.
The police have learned that a big vehicle was waiting near the house on January 7. About 20 people were transported away from the house in the vehicle. The neighbours were told that the group was off to Ernakulam.
The police are also looking into the details of the financial transactions by Sreekanthan and Anil Kumar, his relative who is in police custody now.
