PATHANAMTHITTA: A man, who went missing a year ago is suspected to have been killed and buried. Noushad of Kalanjoorpadam in Pathanamthitta went missing one-and-a half-years ago. His wife is in police custody following the incident. The police are searching the house at Paruthipara in Parakode where the body is suspected to have been buried.

The missing complaint of Noushad was lodged in November 2021. The police then registered the FIR on the complaint of Noushad’s father. The police said that during the further investigation in the case, there was a contradiction in the wife's statement. On interrogation, the wife gave contradictory statements that she killed Noushad and buried his body and later she said that she threw it in the river. The police have reached Paruthipara for scientific examination following her statement.