Man charged with murder of PIO wife, 2 kids in UK

LONDON: The male suspect being questioned by UK police in connection with the murder of an Indian nurse and her two children has been charged with three counts of murder and will appear in court on Monday. Saju Chelavalel, 52, known locally as the husband of the deceased nurse Anju Asok, was charged by police in Northamptonshire on Saturday night with the murder of 35-year-old Asok, six-year-old Jeeva Saju and four-year-old Janvi Saju.
Police confirmed the cause of death for all three victims as asphyxiation. "Our thoughts continue to be with the family of Anju, Jeeva and Janvi, who we are determined to seek justice for," said detective inspector Simon Barnes, the senior investigating officer in the case.
Chelavalel can be named only now following the murder charges and ahead of his appearance at Northampton Magistrates' Court, where he will be remanded to judicial custody. He was arrested when officers were called to his house in Kettering on Thursday and the three victims were discovered with serious injuries.
Asok, originally from Viakom in Kottayam district of Kerala, had been employed at the local hospital in Kettering since last year.