Two women arrested from Madhya Pradesh in 2016 murder case in Kannur

KANNUR (KERALA): (Mar 14) Two women accused in the 2016 murder and robbery of an elderly woman in Kannur district have been arrested after they remained absconding for nearly a decade, police said on Saturday.

The arrested accused have been identified as Parveen Banu (55) and her daughter Sakkeena Fathima (32), both natives of Nangloi in New Delhi.

They were involved in the brutal murder of 60-year-old Meradan Kunjamina, a resident of Siddique Nagar under the Irikkur police station limits in Kannur, on April 30, 2016, Crime Branch officials said.