P Rajan: A Father’s Fight & State’s Shame

He was not a criminal or a rebel—just a student whose name still echoes across Kerala. What happened to P Rajan inside the walls of the Kakkayam camp exposed a darkness deeper than crime itself. During India’s Emergency, Rajan, a bright engineering student, was picked up, tortured, and vanished wi…

The Panamkutty murder of 1981: The human sacrifice that haunted Kerala

Seventeen-year-old Sophia left home for love, unaware that her new life would spiral into horror. Mohanan’s family, guided by a mysterious sorcerer, planned a human sacrifice—promising wealth and blessings at a deadly cost. Sophia was brutally murdered, her fate hidden from the world. But whispers…

Elanthoor Human Sacrifice Murders: Stolen lives, & Faith Drenched in Violence

In 2022, the quiet village of Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta became the backdrop for one of Kerala’s most shocking crimes. Two women, Padmam and Rosly, went missing and were later found brutally murdered and buried near the home of healer Bhagaval Singh and his wife, Laila.  The true architect was Mu…

Tushara Murder Case: India’s first starvation murder | Ft. Investigation Officer V S Dinaraj

She was just 27, weighing barely twenty-one kilos when death claimed her. But this was no illness. It was murder—by slow starvation. For six years, Tushara was silenced, cut off from her family, and trapped inside a home ruled by dowry demands, cruelty, and occult rituals.  Her husband Chandulal …

The Devalokam double murder: A witness that sang cock-a-doodle-doo

In October 1993, the quiet village of Perla in Kasaragod witnessed a crime both brutal and bizarre. Imam Hussain, a self proclaimed sorcerer, lured farmer Sreekrishna Bhat and his wife Sreemathi into a fake ritual, promising hidden treasure. Instead, he murdered them for just eight sovereigns of j…

The Bunty Chor Story: The Phantom in Thiruvananthapuram

In January 2013, Thiruvananthapuram witnessed one of its most audacious heists when India’s infamous “super thief” Bunty Chor broke into a heavily fortified mansion in Muttada. Scaling walls and smashing cameras, he looted valuables and drove off in a ₹28-lakh Mitsubishi Outlander—pausing to wave …

Chelembra Bank Heist: A Robbery Unlike Any

New Year’s Eve, 2007. Families across Kerala were preparing for celebrations, but in Malappuram a daring gang was drilling through eight inches of reinforced concrete into the South Malabar Gramin Bank. By morning, 80 kilos of gold and lakhs in cash had vanished. No fingerprints, no footprints—jus…

The Total4U Scam: The Boy Who Sold Dreams

He was the boy who sold Kerala a dream—quick-witted, and charming. In the mid-2000s, nineteen-year-old Shabarinath promised to double your money, and people believed him. Film stars, business magnates, and even judicial officers poured crores into his company, Total4U. The parties were lavish, the…

Ettumanoor Idol Theft: How a schoolgirl’s notebook cracked the crime

Not a broken lock. Not a shattered door. Just a scribbled scrap of paper from a temple well. In 1981, the sacred Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple lost its golden Shiva idol in a heist that felt more like a movie script than a real-life crime. A crowbar, a crumpled school notebook, and a cold trail led po…

Nanthancode Murder: Killer in The Family

He wasn’t a stranger. He was their son. Her brother. The quiet one. But in April 2017, after meticulous planning, he turned their home into a slaughterhouse. Four family members murdered. Bodies burned. A dummy left behind to mislead the police. What turned a son into a remorseless killer? This e…