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	{{~~short~~ description\|Indian fugitive}}		{{Short description\|Indian fugitive (born 1946)}}
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	\| name = Sukumara Kurup		\| name = Sukumara Kurup
	\| image = ~~File:~~Sukumara Kurup before 1984.png		\| image = Sukumara Kurup before 1984.png
	\| image_size = 235px		\| image_size = 235px
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Gopalakrishna Kurup<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/\|title=Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala\|date=2021-01-10\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>		\| birth_name = Gopalakrishna Kurup<ref name="folklore">{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/\|title=Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala\|date=2021-01-10\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
	\| birth_date = 1946<ref name="IT01">{{cite news \|last1=Jose \|first1=Bijin \|title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05#:~:text=Sukumara%20Kurup%2C%20who%20has%20become,tenterhooks%20for%20over%20thirty%20years. \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=[[India Today]] \|date=5 March 2017}}</ref>		\| birth_date = {{birth year and age\|1946}}<ref name="IT01">{{cite news \|last1=Jose \|first1=Bijin \|title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05#:~:text=Sukumara%20Kurup%2C%20who%20has%20become,tenterhooks%20for%20over%20thirty%20years. \|access-date=19 March 2021 \|publisher=[[India Today]] \|date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[Chengannur]], [[~~Kerala~~]], India		\| birth_place = [[Cheriyanad]],<ref name="folklore"/> [[Chengannur]], [[Alappuzha district\|Alappuzha]], Kerala, India
	\| spouse = Sarasamma<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/sukumara-kurup-kerala-most-wanted-murder-film#read-more\|title=30 Years & Still on the Run: The Mystery of ~~Kerala’s~~ Most Wanted\|date=2017-06-19\|website=The Quint\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>		\| spouse = Sarasamma<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/sukumara-kurup-kerala-most-wanted-murder-film#read-more\|title=30 Years & Still on the Run: The Mystery of Kerala's Most Wanted\|date=2017-06-19\|website=The Quint\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
	\| criminal_charge = [[Organised crime]], [[Murder]], [[Fraud]]		\| criminal_charge = [[Organised crime]], Murder, Fraud
	\| wanted_by = {{Unbulleted_list\|[[Kerala Police\|Kerala State Police Department]]\|[[Interpol]]}}		\| wanted_by = {{Unbulleted_list\|[[Kerala Police\|Kerala State Police Department]]\|[[Interpol]]}}
	\| wanted_since = 1984		\| wanted_since = 1984
	}}		}}

	'''Sukumara Kurup''' is an Indian fugitive and is one of the most-wanted criminals in the ~~[[India]]n~~ state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/35-yrs-after-faking-own-death-kerala-man-still-elusive-5558582/\|title=35 yrs after 'faking' own death, Kerala man still elusive\|date=2019-01-29\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> In 1984, he was accused of ~~the~~ murder ~~of Chacko as part of~~ a plot to portray Chacko's body as his own to collect insurance money.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05\|title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago\|~~last~~=DelhiMarch 5\|~~first~~=Bijin Jose New\|last2=March 5\|first2=2017UPDATED\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-29\|last3=Ist\|first3=2017 22:05}}</ref><ref~~>{{cite web\|url~~=~~https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/\|title=Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become~~ folklore ~~in Kerala\|publisher=Indian Express}}<~~/~~ref~~>		'''Sukumara Kurup''' alias '''Sukumara Pillai''' is an Indian [[fugitive]] and is one of the most-wanted criminals in the Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/35-yrs-after-faking-own-death-kerala-man-still-elusive-5558582/\|title=35 yrs after 'faking' own death, Kerala man still elusive\|date=2019-01-29\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en-IN\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/\|title = Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala\|date = 7 November 2021}}</ref> In 1984, he was accused of murder and faking his own death and tried to deceive authorities and police with a plot to portray Chacko's dead body as his own dead body, to collect insurance money around {{INRConvert\|8\|l}}. Often credited as India's longest wanted fugitive, Kurup is still missing and untraced since 1984.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05\|title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago\|last1=DelhiMarch 5\|first1=Bijin Jose New\|last2=March 5\|first2=2017UPDATED\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-29\|last3=Ist\|first3=2017 22:05}}</ref><ref name="folklore"/>

	~~==Background==~~		==Murder of Chacko==
			Chacko was forcefully [[Alcohol intoxication\|intoxicated]] and strangled to death and later the body was burnt inside the [[Hindustan Ambassador \|Ambassador]] car at night near Kunnam in [[Mavelikara]]. Sukumara Kurup allegedly committed the crime to fake his own death and claim an insurance amount of {{INR\|8,00,000}} by killing Chacko who bore a resemblance to him. Sukumara Kurup is supposed to have fled abroad after the incident, while two of his co-accused, driver Ponnappan and brother-in-law Bhaskara Pillai, and friend Shahu were sentenced to a life-term imprisonment.<ref>{{citation\| url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/112678/fugitive-fails-turn-up-sons.html\| title=Fugitive fails to turn up at son's wedding\| date=Nov 13, 2010\| author=R Gopakumar\| access-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref> According to the police, Sukumara Kurup, is still on the list of absconding accused since January 1984.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140119/news-current-affairs/article/30-years-%E2%80%98chacko-murder%E2%80%99-still-alive-files\|title=30 years on, 'Chacko murder' still alive in files\|last=bose\|first=abhish k\|date=2014-01-19\|website=Deccan Chronicle\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
	===Murder of Chacko===

	Chacko was strangled to death and ~~his~~ body was burnt inside a car near Kunnam in [[Mavelikara]]. Sukumara Kurup allegedly committed the crime to fake his own death and claim an insurance amount of {{INR\|8,00,000}} ~~({{USD\|10,075}})~~ by killing Chacko who bore a resemblance to him. Sukumara Kurup is supposed to have fled abroad after the incident, while two of his co-accused, driver Ponnappan and brother-in-law Bhaskara Pillai, were sentenced to a life-term imprisonment.<ref>{{citation\| url=~~http~~://www.deccanherald.com/content/112678/~~banner~~-~~300x250~~.~~swf~~\| title=Fugitive fails to turn up at son's wedding\| date=Nov 13, 2010\| author=R Gopakumar\| ~~accessdate~~=May 27, 2012}}</ref> According to the police, Sukumara Kurup, is still on the list of absconding accused since January 1984.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140119/news-current-affairs/article/30-years-%E2%80%98chacko-murder%E2%80%99-still-alive-files\|title=30 years on, 'Chacko murder' still alive in files\|last=bose\|first=abhish k\|date=2014-01-19\|website=Deccan Chronicle\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
	The Chacko murder case is one of the longest-standing cases in the judicial history of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/kerala/top-news/2018/07/01/chacko-wife-forgives-sukumara-kurup-murdered-husband.html\|title='Don't know if Sukumara Kurup is alive or dead, but we forgive them'\|publisher=Onmanorama}}</ref>		The Chacko murder case is one of the longest-standing cases in the judicial history of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/kerala/top-news/2018/07/01/chacko-wife-forgives-sukumara-kurup-murdered-husband.html\|title='Don't know if Sukumara Kurup is alive or dead, but we forgive them'\|publisher=Onmanorama}}</ref>

	The case again caught media attention during the mid-2000s when there were reports on Sukumara Kurup ~~look-alikes in~~ various parts of India including Kerala. Even today, Kurup still remains untraced.<ref>{{cite press release \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320113607/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=March 20, 2007 \|title=Hunt for Sukumara Kurup hots up \|~~accessdate~~=September 26, 2010 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=May 6, 2006 }}</ref>		The case again caught media attention during the mid-2000s when there were reports on Sukumara Kurup lookalikes from various parts of India including Kerala. Even today, Kurup still remains untraced as it's unclear whether he's dead or alive.<ref>{{cite press release \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320113607/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=March 20, 2007 \|title=Hunt for Sukumara Kurup hots up \|access-date=September 26, 2010 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=May 6, 2006 }}</ref>

	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	''[[NH 47 (film)\|NH 47]]'', a [[Cinema of Kerala\|Malayalam]] [[film]] based on Chacko murder was made in 1984 by [[Baby (director)\|Baby]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1602\|title=NH 47\|~~accessdate~~=2015-11-01\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2154 \|title=NH 47 \|~~accessdate~~=2015-11-01 \|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info \|language=Malayalam}}</ref> The 2016 [[Dileep]] starring movie ''[[Pinneyum]]'' by director [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] is loosely adapted from original criminal incident by Sukumara Kurup.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-adoor-gopalakrishnans-pinneyum-is-just-half-feminism/articleshow/53891007.cms?from=mdr\|title=Why Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Pinneyum' is just half feminism\|last=Harikrishnan\|first=Charmy\|date=2016-08-28\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>		''[[NH 47 (film)\|NH 47]]'', a [[Cinema of Kerala\|Malayalam]] [[film]] based on Chacko murder was made in 1984 by [[Baby (director)\|Baby]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1602\|title=NH 47\|access-date=2015-11-01\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2154 \|title=NH 47 \|access-date=2015-11-01 \|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info \|language=Malayalam}}</ref>

			The 2016 [[Dileep]] starring movie ''[[Pinneyum]]'' by director [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] is loosely adapted from original criminal incident by Sukumara Kurup.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-adoor-gopalakrishnans-pinneyum-is-just-half-feminism/articleshow/53891007.cms?from=mdr\|title=Why Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Pinneyum' is just half feminism\|last=Harikrishnan\|first=Charmy\|date=2016-08-28\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>

	A 2021 [[crime thriller film]], ''[[Kurup (film)\|Kurup]]'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, ~~is being made with~~ [[Dulquer Salmaan]] ~~playing~~ the eponymous role. ~~Teaser of this movie was released on 26 March 2021 in [[Malayalam cinema\|Malayalam]], [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]], [[Telugu cinema\|Telugu]], [[Kannada cinema\|Kannada]]~~ and ~~[[Hindi cinema\|Hindi]]~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/film/movies-dulquer-salman-features-the-film-kurup-pooja-held-ar-154497.html\|title=സുകുമാര 'കുറുപ്പ്' വീണ്ടും; ദുൽഖർ ചിത്രത്തിന് തുടക്കമായി\|date=2019-09-01\|website=News18 Malayalam\|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>		The 2021 [[biographical]] [[crime thriller film]], ''[[Kurup (film)\|Kurup]]'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, was based on life and aftermath of Chacko murder case committed by Sukumara Kurup. [[Dulquer Salmaan]] played the eponymous role of Sukumara Kurup. The film is subject to fictitious themes and representation.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/film/movies-dulquer-salman-features-the-film-kurup-pooja-held-ar-154497.html\|title=സുകുമാര 'കുറുപ്പ്' വീണ്ടും; ദുൽഖർ ചിത്രത്തിന് തുടക്കമായി\|date=2019-09-01\|website=News18 Malayalam\|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-06-18\|title=Catch me if you can: Sukumara Kurup, Kerala's most wanted murderer on the run for over 30 years\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/catch-me-if-you-can-sukumara-kurup-kerala-s-most-wanted-murderer-run-over-30-years-63841\|access-date=2021-03-21\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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			==External links==
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurup, Sukumara}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurup, Sukumara}}
	[[Category:Crime in Kerala]]		[[Category:Crime in Kerala]]

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{{short description|Indian fugitive}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Sukumara Kurup
| image = File:Sukumara Kurup before 1984.png
| image_size = 235px
| caption =
| birth_name = Gopalakrishna Kurup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/|title=Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala|date=2021-01-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
| birth_date = 1946<ref name="IT01">{{cite news |last1=Jose |first1=Bijin |title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05#:~:text=Sukumara%20Kurup%2C%20who%20has%20become,tenterhooks%20for%20over%20thirty%20years. |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=5 March 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chengannur]], [[Kerala]], India
| spouse = Sarasamma<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/sukumara-kurup-kerala-most-wanted-murder-film#read-more|title=30 Years & Still on the Run: The Mystery of Kerala’s Most Wanted|date=2017-06-19|website=The Quint|language=en-IN|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
| criminal_charge = [[Organised crime]], [[Murder]], [[Fraud]]
| wanted_by = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Kerala Police|Kerala State Police Department]]|[[Interpol]]}}
| wanted_since = 1984
}}

'''Sukumara Kurup''' is an Indian fugitive and is one of the most-wanted criminals in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/35-yrs-after-faking-own-death-kerala-man-still-elusive-5558582/|title=35 yrs after 'faking' own death, Kerala man still elusive|date=2019-01-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> In 1984, he was accused of the murder of Chacko as part of a plot to portray Chacko's body as his own to collect insurance money.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-sukumara-kurup-arrest-warrant-fake-death-964066-2017-03-05|title=Kerala: Arrest warrant against man who faked death 33 years ago|last=DelhiMarch 5|first=Bijin Jose New|last2=March 5|first2=2017UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29|last3=Ist|first3=2017 22:05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-37-year-old-murder-case-that-shocked-kerala-7139884/|title=Finding Sukumara Kurup: Recreating a 37-year-old murder case that has become folklore in Kerala|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref>

==Background==

===Murder of Chacko===

Chacko was strangled to death and his body was burnt inside a car near Kunnam in [[Mavelikara]]. Sukumara Kurup allegedly committed the crime to fake his own death and claim an insurance amount of {{INR|8,00,000}} ({{USD|10,075}}) by killing Chacko who bore a resemblance to him. Sukumara Kurup is supposed to have fled abroad after the incident, while two of his co-accused, driver Ponnappan and brother-in-law Bhaskara Pillai, were sentenced to a life-term imprisonment.<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/112678/banner-300x250.swf| title=Fugitive fails to turn up at son's wedding| date=Nov 13, 2010| author=R Gopakumar| accessdate=May 27, 2012}}</ref> According to the police, Sukumara Kurup, is still on the list of absconding accused since January 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140119/news-current-affairs/article/30-years-%E2%80%98chacko-murder%E2%80%99-still-alive-files|title=30 years on, 'Chacko murder' still alive in files|last=bose|first=abhish k|date=2014-01-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
The Chacko murder case is one of the longest-standing cases in the judicial history of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/kerala/top-news/2018/07/01/chacko-wife-forgives-sukumara-kurup-murdered-husband.html|title='Don't know if Sukumara Kurup is alive or dead, but we forgive them'|publisher=Onmanorama}}</ref>

The case again caught media attention during the mid-2000s when there were reports on Sukumara Kurup look-alikes in various parts of India including Kerala. Even today, Kurup still remains untraced.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320113607/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050616080100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2007 |title=Hunt for Sukumara Kurup hots up |accessdate=September 26, 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=May 6, 2006 }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
''[[NH 47 (film)|NH 47]]'', a [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam]] [[film]] based on Chacko murder was made in 1984 by [[Baby (director)|Baby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1602|title=NH 47|accessdate=2015-11-01|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2154 |title=NH 47 |accessdate=2015-11-01 |publisher=malayalasangeetham.info |language=Malayalam}}</ref> The 2016 [[Dileep]] starring movie ''[[Pinneyum]]'' by director [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] is loosely adapted from original criminal incident by Sukumara Kurup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-adoor-gopalakrishnans-pinneyum-is-just-half-feminism/articleshow/53891007.cms?from=mdr|title=Why Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Pinneyum' is just half feminism|last=Harikrishnan|first=Charmy|date=2016-08-28|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>

A 2021 [[crime thriller film]], ''[[Kurup (film)|Kurup]]'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, is being made with [[Dulquer Salmaan]] playing the eponymous role. Teaser of this movie was released on 26 March 2021 in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] and [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/film/movies-dulquer-salman-features-the-film-kurup-pooja-held-ar-154497.html|title=സുകുമാര 'കുറുപ്പ്' വീണ്ടും; ദുൽഖർ ചിത്രത്തിന് തുടക്കമായി|date=2019-09-01|website=News18 Malayalam|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of fugitives from justice who disappeared]]

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurup, Sukumara}}
[[Category:Crime in Kerala]]
[[Category:Fugitives wanted by India]]
[[Category:Indian criminals]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:1946 births]]

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