KOZHIKODE: Fifty-two-year-old Samad from Malappuram has confessed to strangling fifty-seven-year-old Sainaba in a car and dumping her body in a gorge. Sainaba, a housewife reported missing from Kozhikode a few days ago was picked up by Samad and his friend Sulaiman on the 7th of this month. The motive was to steal her gold ornaments.

Samad stated that they killed Sainaba near Mukkam around 5:30 in the evening by strangling her with a shawl. Afterward, they stole her gold ornaments and money leaving her dead body at Nadukaani pass. The police, who had been investigating her missing following her husband's complaint were unable to find any leads until Samad confessed.

Sainaba's husband had reported her missing from the New Bus Stand in Kozhikode. The police registered a case and conducted an investigation. Samad's confession at the Kasaba police station shed light on the gruesome details of the crime. Authorities express difficulty in confirming whether the gold ornaments are missing. Sainaba had a habit of regularly wearing a significant amount of jewellery. She wore 17 pavan gold when she went missing.