THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The police have set off a scientific and comprehensive CBI-model probe into seven mysterious deaths at Karamana Koodathil Tharavadu (ancestral house); the house name is Uma mandiram.

City Assistant Commissioner Harsha Attalloori, who had returned to Kerala police from the CBI, is overseeing the probe. The police have found out that the suspects in the above case have made land transactions 28 times. They have sold the land to at least 13 persons.

When the property owners Jaya Prakash and Jaya Madhavan were alive also, the lands were sold. Now it has to be found out whether the dealings were done with the consent of the duo, who were undergoing treatment for mental illness.

“More than three village officers have helped with the sale of the properties. The role of former district collector will also have to be found,” DGP Loknath Behera has said said.

The plot has been sold to trusts, individuals, and organizations; some poor people have also got the land for free.

The help of revenue/registration departments is being sought to ascertain the value of the sold lands. It is said in the post-mortem report of Jaya Madhavan that he had fallen from his bed and injured his head, nose and limbs but the cause of death is not mentioned. The police have said that the statement of the doctors who did the post-mortem will be taken. They will also seek a scientific examination into the death.

Meanwhile, City Police Commissioner Balram Kumar Upadhyay said that minimum 10 days are needed to find out the reasons for the death.
The probe is being conducted by a 13-member team headed by district Crime Branch Asst Commissioner M S Santhosh.

The seven deaths had happened at different intervals between 1991 and 2017.

The complaint was given by Jayamadhavan’s relative Prasanna Kumari recently against Jayamadhavan’s supervisor Kaladi Kovil Vilakam house resident Raveendran Nair.