Karamana case: Former collector among the 12 accused

A case of illegal transfer of property was registered by the Kerala Police against 12 people including former collector, Mohandas. The accused have been charged with sections including conspiracy and intimidation. Seven of Koodathil family members died under mysterious circumstances.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police have registered a case in the alleged illegal transfer of property of the Koodathil family, whose seven members had died under mysterious circumstances over a period of 26 years, at Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram district.

A case was registered on October 28 against 12 people, including former collector Mohandas. The accused have been charged with sections including conspiracy and intimidation.

Caretaker, Ravindran Nair has been named the first accused in the FIR. Another caretaker Sahadevan is the second accused while former collector Mohandas is the 10th accused. Allegations were raised that the will, transferring assets of the Koodathil family to the caretaker, was fake.

FIR Copy of the case: Former collector among 12 named as accused

Suspicions were also raised over the deaths of the family members one after the other.

Gopinathan Nair of the Uma Mandiram house of the Koodathil family, his wife Sumukhiamma, children Jayasree, Jayabalakrishnan, Jayaprakash, Gopinathan's nephews Unnikrishnan Nair and Jayamadhavan Nair had died during 1991-2017.

Unnikrishnan's wife Prasanna Kumari had filed the property case alleging that a will was forged in the name of Jayamadhavan, who was mentally unstable, to claim the assets.