Kozhikode: The Kasaba Police have taken the second accused, Sulaiman, in the murder of Sainaba (53), who went missing from Kuttikkattoor, into custody from Salem in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Police recovered her decomposed body from a gorge on the Nadukani-Gudalur stretch on Monday after the first accused confessed to the crime.
Following the scientific examination of the body, the police confirmed the deceased was Sainaba. Police officially recorded the arrest of Samad, a native of Malappuram's Tanur, after recovering the body. He was taken to Kasaba police station by Monday evening. He had told police that his accomplice Sulaiman helped him strangle the woman to death.
In his statement to police, Samad confessed that he murdered the woman for money and gold. It was on Monday morning, that Samad surrendered before Kasaba police claiming responsibility for Sainaba's murder. He told the police that he killed the woman and dumped her body in a gorge. Soon, a team of police rushed to the spot where the body was dumped. During the search, the police found the body and took it for scientific examination.
Planned murder
On November 7, Samad and Sulaiman took Sainaba in a car offering her Rs 10,000 for taking care of a bedridden person at Tanur. Samad had planned to kill her at his residence. As his wife and daughter returned home from the hospital early, he changed the plan. He told Sainaba that they should go back to Kozhikode as a family member reached the bedridden man's home.
When the car was crossing Areekode, Sulaiman helped Samad strangle Sainaba to death. Later, the duo destroyed Sainaba's phones and bag. Samad also told police that Sulaiman and his men snatched Sainaba's gold from him.
