Kerala Police Detain Husband at Mumbai Airport in Mother-Daughter Cyanide Deaths

Overview

• Thiruvananthapuram police intercepted B.M. Unnikrishnan at Mumbai airport after issuing a lookout circular as he prepared to leave the country.
• He has been arrayed as an accused on charges including abetment of suicide and domestic-cruelty offenses, according to police officials.
• A team has been dispatched to bring him to Thiruvananthapuram for further investigation and formal procedures.
• The suicide note shared on a messaging platform alleged he abandoned his wife 25 days after marriage and made further dowry demands despite substantial gold and land given.
• Post-mortem examinations were completed and the bodies were handed to relatives, while probes into alleged dowry misappropriation and related assets continue.