Kollam: Gym Santosh murder convict Aluva Athul was hacked to loss of life by a bunch of males in Karunagappally on Saturday in alleged gang violence.  CCTV footage confirmed Athul’s automobile being chased by a gray Innova and rammed off the highway. The automobile fell right into a ditch alongside an under-construction stretch of the nationwide freeway.

A gaggle of males then obtained out of the Innova and repeatedly attacked him with weapons. Athul, who was out on bail, was returning after visiting a police station. Though passers-by stopped their automobiles on the scene, none initially approached the attackers after noticing the weapons they had been carrying. Residents rushed to Athul’s assist solely after the gang fled, however he had succumbed to his accidents by then.

Athul was one of many convicts within the homicide of native health club proprietor Santosh, alias Gym Santosh, in Karunagappally on March 27, 2025. Santosh, who had earlier been out on bail in reference to a 2024 homicide case, was attacked at his residence by a gang that included Athul. The assailants allegedly broke into his home and killed him utilizing weapons together with a hoe, a machete and an iron rod. All the accused within the case had been later arrested and convicted.