Mangalore, Feb 14, 2014 : The Kannur City Police have reopened Hemaja murder case after four and half years and have launched search operations for C.K.Shashidaran, husband of Hemaja, who had disappeared after murdering her.
On September 5,2009 Shashidaran, resident of Uruvachhal of Kannur District had taken his wife in a Maruti van to Tallappu in Pallikula village of Kannur District. There he had hacked Hemaja to death along with his friend. Thereafter they had abandoned the body near Uruvachal Spinning Mill and absconded.