‘Honour killing’ in Kerala: Prime accused will lose his job in Dubai

Prime accused in the Kevin abduction and death case will lose his job in Dubai, a report in the prominent newspaper Khaleej Times said.

Sanu Chacko, an electrician, has been working in Dubai for the last four years. According to his manager, the 26-year-old made a strong plea for an emergency visit to the home and look for his missing sister Neenu. He also told the manager that his father was hospitalized.

Sanu soon reached Kerala and headed a 13-member gang that abducted a 23-year-old Kottayam man, Kevin P Joseph, who was subsequently found dead in a river on Monday.

The report also said that the man, who holds a valid visa till July, will be sent back and his visa terminated even if he manages to return to the country.

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The manager, who had granted Sanu an emergency leave to attend to his family, also said that he was still unable to convince himself that his employee, whom he knew all through the four years he lived in the country, could commit such a crime.

Kevin was picked up just two days after he and Neenu had submitted a joint application for registering their marriage. Neenu’s family was reportedly against the couple marrying as they did not approve of Kevin’s financial and community background.

Sanu and his father Chacko along with seven others have been arrested in the case so far and search is on for five more people.