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, in the year 1984, to falsely picturize Chacko's Dead body as him to claim Insurance money. [2] [3]

Sukumara Kurup
Born
Chengannur, Kerala, India
Criminal chargeOrganised crime, Murder, Fraud
Wanted by
Kerala State Police Department, Interpol
Wanted since1984

Background

Murdering of Chacko

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 ₹8,00,000($75,000)(1984 dollar($) 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.[4]

According to the police, Sukumara Kurup, is still on the list of absconding accused since January 1984.[5]

The Chacko murder case is one of the longest-standing cases in the judicial history of Kerala.[6]

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. [7]

NH 47, a Malayalam language film based on Chacko murder was made in 1984 by Baby.[8][9] The 2016 movie Pinneyum by director Adoor Gopalakrishnan is loosely adapted from original criminal incident by Sukumara Kurup.[10] A 2021 crime thriller film, Kurup directed by Srinath Rajendran, is being made with Dulquer Salmaan playing the eponymous role and Tovino Thomas playing Chacko.[11]

See also

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. "Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala". Indian Express.
  4. R Gopakumar (13 November 2010), Fugitive fails to turn up at son's wedding, retrieved 27 May 2012
  5. bose, abhish k (19 January 2014). "30 years on, 'Chacko murder' still alive in files". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. "'Don't know if Sukumara Kurup is alive or dead, but we forgive them'". Onmanorama.
  7. "Hunt for Sukumara Kurup hots up" (Press release). The Hindu. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  8. "NH 47". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. {{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2154%7Ctitle=NH 47|accessdate=2015-11-01|The war
  10. Harikrishnan, Charmy (28 August 2016). "Why Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Pinneyum' is just half feminism". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  11. "സുകുമാര 'കുറുപ്പ്' വീണ്ടും; ദുൽഖർ ചിത്രത്തിന് തുടക്കമായി". News18 Malayalam. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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