Sukumara Kurup

Sukumara Kurup is one of the most wanted-criminals in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] He was accused in the murder of Chacko, a film representative, in the year 1984.[2]

Sukumara Kurup
Born
Kerala, India
Criminal chargeOrganised crime, Murder
Wanted by
India
Wanted since1984

Chacko's death

Chacko was strangled to death and his body was burnt inside a car near Kunnam in Mavelikara. Sukumara Kurup allegedly committed the crime to fake his own death and claim an insurance amount of INR 800,000($75,000)(1984 dollar($) rate was 10.74) by killing Chacko who bore a resemblance with him. Sukumara Kurup is supposed to have fled abroad after the incident, while two of his co-accused, driver Ponnappan and brother-in-law Bhaskar Pillai, were sentenced to a life-term imprisonment.[3]

According to the police, Sukumara Kurup, is still on the list of absconding accused since January 1984.[4]

The Chacko murder case is one of the longest-standing cases in the judicial history of Kerala.

The case again caught media attention during the mid-2000s when there were reports on Sukumara Kurup look-alikes in various parts of India and Kerala. Even today, Kurup still remains untraced. [5]

See also

NH 47, a Malayalam language film based on Chacko murder was made in 1984 by Baby.[6][7] Pinneyum by director Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 2016 is loosely adapted from original criminal incident by Sukumara Kurup.[8]

A crime thriller film, Kurup directed by Srinath Rajendran, is being made with Dulquer Salmaan playing the eponymous role and Tovino Thomas playing Chacko.[9]

References
  1. "35 yrs after 'faking' own death, Kerala man still elusive". The Indian Express. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. DelhiMarch 5, Bijin Jose New; March 5, 2017UPDATED; Ist, 2017 22:05. "Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago". India Today. Retrieved 29 August 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. R Gopakumar (13 November 2010), Fugitive fails to turn up at son's wedding, retrieved 27 May 2012
  4. bose, abhish k (19 January 2014). "30 years on, 'Chacko murder' still alive in files". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. "Hunt for Sukumara Kurup hots up" (Press release). The Hindu. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  6. "NH 47". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "NH 47". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. Harikrishnan, Charmy (28 August 2016). "Why Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Pinneyum' is just half feminism". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. "സുകുമാര 'കുറുപ്പ്' വീണ്ടും; ദുൽഖർ ചിത്രത്തിന് തുടക്കമായി". News18 Malayalam. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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