Updated On: 12 November, 2021 07:20 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | IANS
The claim was for Rs 8,00,000 and Kurup killed Chacko, a film representative after giving him a lift in his car while Chacko was waiting for a bus late at night. Sukumara Kurup has reportedly fled abroad while his two associates - driver Ponnappan and brother-in-law Bhaskara Pillai were sentenced to life imprisonment

Dulquer Salmaan. Pic/Yogen Shah
The much-awaited Malayalam movie 'Kurup' starring Dulquer Salman is to hit theaters on Friday.
'Kurup' is directed by Srinath Rajendran and is the story of Kerala's most wanted criminal Sukumara Kurup who is absconding after murdering a film representative Chacko to embezzle the insurance money by scripting his own death. 'Kurup', according to police was influenced by a German crime novel and tried to script his own death to get the insurance claim.