ALAPPUZHA: The police is in active search of fugitive Sukumara Kurup. The investigation has been restarted following the new revelation that Sukumara Kurup is alive. Renzy Ismail, a beverage shop manager in Pathanamthitta, had revealed that he had seen Kurup. He has filed a complaint to the chief minister as well. Soon after, the police decided to expand the investigation further.

Renzy had met a swami named Shankara Giri in Gujarat, while he was a teacher there. When he saw Kurup’s pictures in the newspapers, out of suspicion, he had then lodged a complaint with the police; but no particular investigation was carried out, he said.

After seeing a blog from Haridwar recently, he became suspicious again and lodged another police complaint. I had seen him dressed in an orange robe, wearing a rudraksha mala and having a grey beard, said Renzy. The police have decided to expand the investigation to other states as well.