Death of housemaid; Human trafficking case registered against flat owner

KOCHI: The police have registered a human trafficking case against advocate Imtiaz Ahamed, the flat owner in connection with the death of the housemaid who fell from the sixth floor of the apartment building. It is alleged that the maid was brought from Tamil Nadu to a flat in Ernakulam and detained in the pretext of work.

Meantime, the advocate who is on the run has approached the Ernakulam sessions court seeking anticipatory bail. The police is likely to oppose his bail plea strongly. The investigating team said the advocate detained the maid for not returning Rs 10,000 bought as advance.

The body of the maid was taken to her native place Salem after the post-mortem. Her husband Sreenivasan alleged that the advocate’s relatives offered him money if withdrawn from the case. Imtiaz Ahamed is the son of former high court judge Muhammed Shafi.