The incident pertaining to the case happened on November 27. The six-year-old girl, who was kidnapped while going home from tuition with her elder brother, was found abandoned here the next day. KR Padmakumar (52), an engineering graduate, his homemaker wife Anitha Kumari (45), and their daughter Anupama Padman (20), a YouTuber, were arrested based on a combination of scientific, digital, and circumstantial evidence.

According to police, the accused, Padmakumar, and his family resorted to committing the crime due to the financial crisis triggered by the post-Covid situation. However, certain ambiguities persist in the police’s initial version.