Suspect in murder case taken into custody from Chennai

The victim was a 33-year-old woman from Malappuram whose body was found in a hotel room at Eranhipalam in Kozhikode on November 26

The police on Friday took into custody a 28-year-old Thrissur native from Chennai who was suspected of murdering a woman in a hotel room at Eranhipalam in Kozhikode.

The suspect, identified as Abdul Sanoof of Talappilly, had fled the city on November 25. The police were in search of him after receiving the post-mortem report which revealed that suffocation was the cause of death. There was also a lookout notice against him.

It was on November 26 that the body of the 33-year-old woman, identified as Faseela Panthalath, was found inside the hotel room. According to hotel records, Abdul Sanoof and Faseela had secured the room on November 24. The man reportedly left the spot the next day around 10 p.m. without informing the hotel staff.

Police sources said the woman from Malappuram had come to Kozhikode in search of a job. The two were friends for over a year and the trigger behind the crime remained obscure, they added.

Published - November 30, 2024 01:31 am IST