Thodupuzha: The police have sought court's permission to arrest Arun Anand under POCSO for sexually abusing a 4-year-old boy, whose elder brother of 7 is battling for his life after a brutal assault.
A team lead by DYSP P K Jose is questioning him. His three-day custody for attacking the elder kid ends today. Police will seek his custody again after making an arrest in the younger kid’s case. The 7-year old's condition remains critical at Kolenchery hospital.
Their mother is being given counselling to overcome fear and pressure. Police will register her statement again once the sessions are complete.
Meanwhile, procedures on the grandfather’s application to investigate the death of the kids’ father are not moving fast enough. Babu had filed a complaint at Chief Minister’s Office on March 29. This is yet to be handed down to the district police. The police said the delay in detailed probe is caused by the lack of an official request.
Biju died of heart attack at his Udumbannoor house on 23 May, 2018. Attacks on the woman and their kids soon after going with Arun raises suspicions, Babu said. Arun and the woman were planning to shift Biju’s workshop from Thodupuzha to Vazhakkulam.
Earlier, mother of the two kids and Arun's live-in partner told police that he had forced her to withdraw fixed deposits in the children's name. Her late husband's family had deposited Rs 6.5 lakh for the two children. Rs 3.25 lakh in the younger one's name was withdrawn and Arun was pestering her to withdraw the rest also.
She also revealed that a close friend of her had arranged a job for her abroad. Arun had initially agreed to it, but her certificates vanished soon. SSLC, B Tech certificates and work experience documents were kept in a file along with her ex-husband's death certificate. All just disappeared, she said.
The woman also claimed that Arun had put a gun on his mother's head and forced her to sign property documents transferring the ownership of a flat they were living in Thiruvananthapuram.
Arun had allegedly left a bank job in Thiruvananthapuram and took up real estate business and resale of sand from the Veli Lagoon. His father, a bank employee, died while in service and Arun was offered the job in dying in harness quota.
Arun had also spent 35 days in central jail for assaulting a friend with a beer bottle.
