Efforts are still on to complete the investigation into the Mithila Mohan murder case within a time frame, according to a statement filed by the Crime Branch in the Kerala High Court.
Mohan, an abkari contractor, was shot dead at his residence at Vennala by an unidentified person on April 5, 2006. According to the police, when the daughter-in-law of Mohan, on answering the door bell, opened the window of his home, an unknown person enquired about Mohan. When he came out, the unidentified man shot at Mohan and escaped from the scene. Mohan died while being taken to hospital. The police case was that the first accused, Santhosh Kumar, had hired goons to murder Mithila Mohan due to the business rivalry existing between them. In the statement, the Crime Branch said that Santhosh Kumar had given a statement that he had hatched a criminal conspiracy with Pandyan, second accused, for liquidating Mohan.
The murder was executed by Mathivannan and Uppali, the other accused in the case who are yet to be arrested.
The affidavit was filed in response to a writ petition by M. Maneesh, son of Mohan, seeking a CBI probe into the case.