Mavelikkara: In a horrific incident, a Kerala woman police constable was brutally stabbed and burnt alive by a male colleague on Saturday. In a development the statement of the victim’s mother was recorded by the investigating officials.
The mother revealed that the accused Ajas had been pestering 34-year-oldĀ Soumya Pushpakaran –Ā a Civil Police Officer (COP) at Vallikkunnam station – to marry here even though she was already married with three children. However, the police said that the motive for the killing would be found after interrogation with the accused and people close to Soumya.
On the fateful day, Ajas had followed Soumya in a car and knocked her down from her two-wheeler and allegedly hacked her with a sharp weapon before dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire.
The accused – a policeman attached to the Aluva traffic wing – is currently undergoing treatment at government medical college hospital at AlappuzhaĀ for 40 per cent burns suffered during the attack.
“Ajas had loaned some money to Soumya. But he refused to take back the money and was forcing her to marry him. She was already married and mother of three children. Earlier also Ajas had threatened to kill her,” the mother was quoted as saying by a media report.
Police, however, said the victim had not not made any complaint about Ajas stalking her. “We never got any such complaints. Even her close friends or colleagues were unaware of such threats,” an official was quoted in the report.