Overview
- Sandesh, identified by police as a 29–30-year-old from Uliyathadukka, was found hanging at his Mannipadi residence on Sunday afternoon and was declared dead at a hospital.
- Officers had previously summoned him in the probe into the February 9 death of social media influencer Reshma K, known as Chinnupappu, and recorded his statement before letting him go.
- Reshma was found dead at her rented quarters near Kasaragod on February 9, and police registered an unnatural-death case with suicide suspected.
- Kasaragod police registered another unnatural-death case for Sandesh, conducted inquest procedures, and shifted the body for postmortem examination.
- Officials said the investigation has been intensified to determine any link between the two deaths, and local residents expressed shock as further details are awaited.