THRISSUR: The police has intensified search for Mahesh, accused in stabbing to death a woman doctor at Kuttanellur in the district. Even after a week of the incident, the police have not been able to nab him. The Ollur police said the probe is continuing and they have not obtained any details of the accused.

Mahesh stabbed his friend Dr Sona, a native of Moovattupuzha a week ago. Sona lodged a complaint to the police following a dispute over financial dealings. This irked him and he reached the clinic and attacked her. Sona who sustained serious injuries was undergoing treatment and succumbed to her injuries on Sunday.

Sona, a dentist, met Mahesh, a native of Pavaratty, when she was studying in college. Later when she started a clinic in Kuttanellur she handed over the interior work to Mahesh. Estranged from her husband, she started living with Mahesh in a flat in Kuriachira. He grabbed lakhs from her in the name of the interior designing work. He started threatening her later and then snatched the entire income of the clinic and dominated in running the clinic.

When things turned worse, she lodged a complaint to the police and returned to the clinic with her relatives. He soon reached the clinic and attacked her. Soon after the incident, he fled in a car and the police later found the car abandoned.