Solving Crime | How a climb up a tree in Kerala landed a double murderer in Karnataka police net after four years

The Puttur agrarian constabulary recovered that a golden concatenation belonging to Soumya was missing. As the investigations progressed, a neighbour informed the constabulary that she had seen Soumya’s brother-in-law Jayesh walking retired of the location hours earlier the bodies were discovered.

While the constabulary began the investigation, they were incapable to find Jayesh contempt travelling to assorted places helium often visited.They past turned to Sameer, who lived successful the region.

A constabulary serviceman said, “Jayesh had converted to Islam erstwhile helium was 17 years aged and his lifelong person was Sameer. The constabulary went to Sameer’s home, wherever helium said that Jayesh had asked him to merchantability a golden chain. Sameer’s parent Rukiya Bhanu helped merchantability the golden ornament, but they were unaware that it had been stolen aft the murders of Soumya and her son.”

The constabulary went to the pawn store wherever the golden concatenation had been sold and confirmed that it belonged to Soumya.

Jayesh, who was successful his 20s erstwhile the murders took place, is the lad of Shashikanth N A. After converting to Islam, Jayesh renamed himself arsenic Shakeer alias Shahir. Prior to the murders, helium had been released connected bail successful a theft case. The constabulary had a photograph of him that was already 4 years old.

A constabulary serviceman said, “Our main suspicion was that helium would interaction Sameer someday, either implicit the telephone oregon successful person. Sameer remained connected the constabulary radar but Jayesh ne'er contacted him.”

A histrion ascent that outgo Jayesh dear

Unable to hint Jayesh, the constabulary filed a closure study and the fearfulness successful the colony faded implicit time.

By then, Suresh Kumar P had been transferred arsenic ellipse inspector of the Puttur agrarian constabulary station. “We did not cognize wherever Jayesh was, and honestly, determination were nary efforts to hint him. The lone photograph we had was from 4 years earlier the treble murder, and I was posted to Puttur agrarian successful 2012. With an eight-year-old photograph and nary way of gathering known contacts, the lawsuit had not moved anywhere.”

In October 2012, a quality video from Kerala caught the attraction of the police. On October 7, Jayesh and his person Anas were arrested successful Alappuzha for allegedly assaulting a pistillate nether the power of alcohol. However, Jayesh managed to escape.

Jayesh climbed a histrion to evade the police, and contempt respective requests, helium refused to travel down. Local media began telecasting the video of constabulary pleading with Jayesh to get down from the coconut tree. Eventually, occurrence unit were called successful to bring him down.

Suresh Kumar said, “A constabulary serviceman who was interrogating Jayesh successful Kerala called to pass maine that they had arrested a antheral from Dakshina Kannada territory successful an battle case. He past shared the quality clips, and what instantly stuck successful my caput was the treble execution lawsuit that had remained unsolved for 4 years. We reached Kerala, and upon arriving astatine the constabulary station, it was confirmed that it was Jayesh alias Shakeer who was wanted successful the treble murder.”

According to the police, aft sidesplitting his sister-in-law and her son, Jayesh alias Shakeer escaped to Kerala, wherever helium started moving arsenic a labourer. He fell successful emotion with a Muslim miss and joined her and the mates had a child.

“If it was conscionable a lawsuit of assaulting a woman, the media mightiness not person highlighted it. It was lone due to the fact that helium climbed up the coconut histrion that it became an absorbing communicative for them to follow. Had helium not climbed the tree, I deliberation we mightiness not person arrested him,” Kumar said laughing.

When questioned by the constabulary astir wherefore helium killed Soumya, Jayesh claimed helium did truthful to bargain her golden chain, arsenic helium was successful request of money. Asked wherefore Jishnu was killed, helium said the kid had witnessed the archetypal execution and that helium did not privation to permission immoderate witnesses.

Conviction

The Puttur agrarian constabulary filed a chargesheet containing 15 pieces of grounds and statements from 27 individuals. The prosecution argued that Soumya and Jishnu were guiltless and helpless.

On August 9, 2016, the 5th Additional District and Sessions Court of Dakshina Kannada ordered the decease punishment for Jayesh. Judge M Ramachandra said successful his order, “This lawsuit fits into the model of the rarest of uncommon cases. The accused deserves nary sympathy, and taking into information nine astatine large, since determination is nary information for the lives of guiltless radical similar the deceased and besides the menace posed by the accused to the witnesses who deposed against him, they whitethorn not person immoderate security. From a idiosyncratic similar the accused, nine cannot expect immoderate work to the community; hence, helium has nary close to unrecorded successful the aboriginal for his gruesome genocide of deceased Soumya and her kid Jishnu.”

Suresh Kumar recalls that by the extremity of the trial, Jayesh had realised helium could not flight from the law. “We had an eyewitness who saw Jayesh walking aft sidesplitting the duo. There was besides technological grounds supporting the case. In fact, the golden ornament was recovered. As the proceedings neared its conclusion, Jayesh began behaving erratically. On 1 occasion, helium threw slippers astatine the justice during the proceeding and tried to flight from the tribunal connected another.”

Jayesh aboriginal approached the Karnataka High Court, which commuted his decease punishment to beingness imprisonment connected October 13, 2017.

Lodged successful Hindalga Central Prison successful Belagavi, Jayesh came connected the constabulary radar again aft helium made a menace telephone to Union curate Nitin Gadkari’s office. He past allegedly made a ransom telephone seeking Rs 100 crore, claiming to beryllium a subordinate of the Dawood Ibrahim gang. The National Investigation Agency yet filed a closure study successful the menace lawsuit earlier a Mumbai court, citing a deficiency of evidence.

In June this year, Jayesh made headlines again erstwhile helium raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans portion attending tribunal successful a lawsuit registered against him.