Overview

• Authorities have searched Sebastian’s 2.5-acre Pallipuram estate, dredging two ponds, excavating multiple sites and recovering bloodstains alongside about 20 charred human bone fragments.
• Recovered items including clothing, a ladies’ bag and skeletal remains are being processed in Kottayam for DNA matches that could confirm victims’ identities.
• Investigators used the discovery of a tooth with a steel cap and recovered gold ornaments to distinguish between the cases of Ayesha and Jainamma and to return stolen property to victims’ families.
• The probe now encompasses the 2006 disappearance of Bindhu Padmanabhan, the 2012 vanishing of Ayesha and the 2020 case of Sindhu, reviving scrutiny over past forgery allegations against the broker.
• Renewed cyber cell tracking of Jainamma’s phone and forensic breakthroughs have intensified calls for a Special Investigation Team to oversee the complex multi-case inquiry.