Ajay Kanth

Case diary: Just brass tacks

This weekly column brings you exciting, intriguing police stories, straight from the crime files

16 Mar 2023

Case diary: Blurry visuals lead to interstate hunt

This weekly column brings you exciting, intriguing  police stories, straight from  the crime files

02 Mar 2023

Filipino woman, jailed in drug case, acquitted

NCB failed to prove the trolley bag from which 4.8kg of cocaine was seized belonged to accused | The incident happened in 2018

26 Jan 2023

Edavanakkad murder: Memory lapse traps killer husband

Some missing links in his statement had prompted a probe team at the Njarackkal Police Station to keep Sajeevan under constant monitoring. Officers kept grilling him.

19 Jan 2023

Reprobe following Elanthoor human sacrifice case led to arrest of man who killed and buried wife

Police said Sajeevan allegedly murdered Remya and buried her when the two children were at their grandfather’s house during lockdown.

13 Jan 2023

Case diary: When women gold snatchers gave cops headache

This weekly column brings you exciting, intriguing  police stories, straight from  the crime files

12 Jan 2023

Kerala: Crumbling Vyttila apartment leaves resident colonel fearing for his life

Chunks of concrete blocks falling from the roof, pillars and beams have started to expose the corroded steel bars of his residence.

10 Jan 2023

Elanthoor murders: Cops to analyse ‘Nithari killings’ to unravel mystery

Probe team finds striking similarities between both cases, will conduct narco test if needed

17 Oct 2022

Man, son blackmail woman for sexual favours 

Trouble starts after she makes calls from 62-year-old’s phone | Duo uses voice clip to intimidate and rape her  

07 Jun 2022

Sabarimala violence: Persons who acted behind the scenes have been identified

Meanwhile, the police have collected the details of four women who have approached the Kerala High Court seeking police protection to trek Sabarimala.

25 Oct 2018

Kerala floods one month after: Financial Inspection Wing reports swept under the carpet

Though the Left Front Government made tall promises on initiating action based on the FIW reports, the government departments and institutions continue to sweep the reports under the carpet.

23 Sep 2018

Kerala nun rape case: Franco Mulakkal becomes first bishop in India to be arrested for rape

It was after high drama and suspense that began around noon that top police officers finally confirmed the arrest of the bishop, around 8 pm.

22 Sep 2018

Kerala floods one month after: Ranni market loses steam; merchants to sue KSEB

A month has gone by after the floods. But the shutters of almost 80 per cent of the 950 shops in Ranni market road are still down.

16 Sep 2018

Kerala floods one month after: Pampa reeling under devastation

For anyone who has been to Pampa before the floods, the sights here now are devastating.

16 Sep 2018

Kerala floods one month after: Aranmula residents yet to return to their homes

A month after the deluge, the main road along the Pampa at Aranmula continues to wear a deserted look.

16 Sep 2018