Overview

• Afan, the 23-year-old accused in the brutal Venjaramoodu murders, attempted suicide on May 25, 2025, at Poojappura Central Prison.
• He used a cloth to hang himself in the prison washroom and was found by officials who rushed him to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.
• Afan is currently in critical condition and on ventilator support in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
• The suicide attempt occurred just two days after the Pangode police filed a charge sheet against him in one of the murder cases.
• Afan had previously displayed suicidal tendencies and had attempted self-harm while in custody earlier this year.