KOLLAM: For A S Abraham and Leelamma of ‘Alakkunil Veetil’, it was a double blow. In October 2015, they lost their son Sam Abraham and a week ago they came to know that he was murdered allegedly by his wife and her paramour.
Now physically exhausted and mentally dejected, the parents of Sam say that they are trying hard to bring back their seven-year-old grandchild from the custody of relatives of Sam’s wife. According to Abraham, for this, he had approached N K Premachandran MP the other day. The MP had promised to take up the matter with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
In October last year, Abraham and Leelamma were informed that their 33-year-old son Sam, a resident of Karuvaloor, Punalur, had died of a ‘silent attack’ at Melbourne in Australia. After 10 months, the parents came to know through media that their son was murdered by his wife Sofia Sam along with her paramour Arun Kamalasanan by cyanide poisoning.
“We still can’t believe that Sofia would carry out such an act. Even though we grew suspicious about the ‘silent attack’, a health report given by Sofia mentioned a collapsed artery. When we asked her whether there was any other angle to his death, she exploded. So, we put an end to the chapter. Sam’s death took place just three days after he had returned to Australia from here. If it was a case of affair that Sofia had with Arun, I am puzzled about how a woman could love two men at a time,” says Abraham.
Sam and Sofia were members of the Bethel Marthoma Church’s choir team and had also associated with the church’s Sunday school which eventually led to a love affair between them. According to Abraham, when this matter was raised by his son, he was against the alliance but had to relent as Sam remained adamant on his choice.
“At the time of their wedding, Sofia was working with a firm in Technopark and Sam at Lulu Exchange in Oman. He then moved to Melbourne, where he worked with UAE Exchange. Barely three months before his death, Sam had been attacked by an unidentified man wearing a balaclava. Sam, who was stabbed, had filed a complaint with the police. Now, as the real cause of his death has come to light, we would like to thank God,” adds Abraham.
Meanwhile, the Australian media, which reported that it was the postmortem which revealed the murder plot, is remaining mum on the issue now as evidence collection is taking place. It’s learnt that Sofia, along with Arun, had plotted the murder through Facebook Messenger and as the duo’s exchange was in Malayalam the police had requested the Melbourne Magistrate Court to grant them time to present a detailed report. The court, while granting the permission, had remanded Sofia and Arun. The case will be considered again in February 2017.