KOCHI: A case has been registered in the incident of extorting money from the family of a five-year-old girl, raped and killed in Aluva. The case is against Muneer who extorted the money. The case is under sections IPC 406 and IPC 420 for breach of trust and fraud. Although the child's father said that he has no complaint, the police reached their house yesterday and took a statement. Muneer's wife and Ernakulam Mahila Congress district general secretary Haseena was suspended yesterday.

When the news of the cheat came to light, he returned the money. Muneer cheated the family, who are still in shock of their daughter's brutal murder. The girl’s father told the media that as a person fluent in Hindi, he cheated Rs 1,20,000 from his account. Muneer extorted Rs 20,000 daily from August 5 to 10. The family approached the leaders including MLA Anwar Sadath after realizing that they were deceived. The child's father said that no necessary action was taken.

After the scam was exposed through the media, Muneer called the child’s father and asked him to tell that the news was fake. However, he rejected Muneer’s demand. Muneer handed over the entire money to a friend after this matter was disclosed through the media. MLA Anwar Sadath said that the issue was noticed and that Muneer was the first to cheat him. Haseena was suspended from the post of general secretary of Mahila Congress after the incident embarrassed the party.