KOLLAM: Police have reportedly got some decisive information regarding the murder of Kollam native and beautician Suchithra
Suchithra’s lover Prashanth (32) has confessed to the police that he had committed the crime.

Suchithra was Prashanth’s wife’s family friend. There were financial dealings between Suchithra and Prashanth. Both got befriended through the Facebook. Eventually their friendship grew into love.

Suchithra was pregnant at the time of murder. A keyboard artiste, Prashanth had been working in certain private institutions in Palakkad as a music tutor.

Prashanth owed Rs 2.5 lakh to Suchithra. Besides this, she was also not ready for abortion. The initial assessment of the police is that the above two factors would have led to the crime.

Suchithra was working as a beautician trainer in Kollam. She had been missing since March 18. On that day, she had gone to Alappuzha from Kollam, saying that her mother-in-law was not well.

She had contacted her house members via phone for two days, but the family members lodged a complaint with Kottiyam police as calls from her ceased.

Prashanth (32) had confessed to the police that financial dealings were the reason for the murder. Suchithra was strangled to death using an electric wire at a rented house in Palakkad. After that the accused had buried the body in the wasteland near the house.