KANNUR: Kannur police on Tuesday arrested a 46-year-old member of a CPM branch committee for sexually assaulting a 70-year-old woman, who was found hanging in her ancestral house at Muzhakkunu, here on March 30.
The accused, C M Rajeevan is a resident of Aralam, while the deceased woman, Sarjoini,a widow, was from Pazhanchery in Irrity. She came to her ancestral house at Muzhakkunu and was alone in the house as her sister had gone out. Rajeevan, an electrician-plumber had come to a house adjoining the victim’s ancestral house.
The neighbours found her body at around 6 pm and informed the police. The post-mortem report confirmed that Sarojini was sexually abused right before her death.
As soon as the post-mortem report was out, the police took Rajeevan into custody for interrogation as two children had seen him visiting the house at about 11 am.
Later, during the medical examination of the accused by the doctor, nine nail marks of the victim were found on his body, which confirmed his role in the incident.
The accused has two children, studying in class seventh and 11, while the victim is survived by three children, two of whom are government servants.
Police said that there were a few criminal cases against Rajeevan, who will be produced before the court by Tuesday evening.