Overview

• Prem Kumar’s body was discovered on June 12 at a Kedarnath rest centre and identified via an Aadhaar card found on him.
• He had been on the run since June 4 when his second wife, Rekha, and her mother, Kaithavalappil Mani, were found slain in their rented home in Thrissur.
• Rekha had filed a domestic violence complaint against Kumar days before her death, and police had arranged a counselling session; a handwritten note with threats was also recovered.
• Kumar had previously been released on bail after being accused of murdering his first wife, Vidya, in 2019.
• Uttarakhand police suspect he suffered a cardiac arrest, and Kerala Police have dispatched a team to Kedarnath to investigate his death.