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Thiruvananthapuram: In a bizarre incident, a youth walked into a police station with the mortal remains of two newborns to claim his relationship with a female at Puthukad on the suburbs of Thrissur district in Kerala.
The prima facie information of the police is that the woman, identified as Aneesha delivered twice during the last four years following a relationship with Bhavi, who walked into the police station on Saturday late night. The first baby was suspected to be still born, while the second was killed.
Police suspect that the mortal remains of the first child were buried at the premises of Aneesha's house and that of the second child at Bhavi's house.
Aneesha dug out the mortal remains of the first child later and handed it over to Bhavi for depositing in the sea to get 'moksha'.
Bhavi is suspected to have preserved the remains of both newborns to prove his relationship in case if Aneesha's family opposed their marriage or even if Aneesha backed out from the relationship.
Recently Aneesha's family had fixed her marriage with another person.
Thrissur rural district police chief B Krishnakumar said that while the first baby was said to be still born, the second baby was suspected to be murdered.
The couple are kept in police custody and further investigation is progressing. The mortal remains brought by Bhavi are being subjected to forensic tests.
The couple, aged around 25, came in contact through social media in 2020. Aneesha delivered in 2021 and 2023.
Aneesha was a laboratory technician and hence was aware of the delivery procedures. Aneesha's family maintained that though they were aware of her relationship with Bhavi, they did not know about the pregnancy.
One of her neighbours told a news channel that she had witnessed Aneesha digging a pit at the premises of her house in a suspicious circumstance a couple of years back.
Though the matter was then reported to the local police, they ignored it considering Aneesha's family's version that the neighbor was trying to spread gossip.