Overview

• Vijayakumar and Meera, a prominent businessman and his wife in Kottayam, were found murdered in separate rooms of their home on April 22, 2025.
• Police arrested Amit Urang, a former domestic worker, in Thrissur after tracking his movements using the victim's mobile phone and Google services.
• Forensic evidence confirmed Urang's fingerprints on the murder weapon, a billhook, and at multiple locations inside the house.
• Investigators suspect personal revenge as the motive, linked to Urang's dismissal and imprisonment following a theft complaint by Vijayakumar last year.
• Authorities are probing potential connections to the suspicious 2017 death of the couple’s son, which is under a separate CBI investigation.