Seven weeks after the remains of the missing Latvian woman murdered in Kerala were found, her partner, an Irish national, has raised serious concerns about the manner in which the Kerala police investigated the death and subsequently arrested two people. The partner (who cannot be named for legal reasons) had personally visited the office of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram and handed over a letter (a copy of which is with this paper) detailing his concerns.

Speaking to mid-day from Goa, he said, "I have petitioned the chief minister of Kerala to request an independent CBI investigation in this case. The most damning evidence that a cover-up is being attempted is the eagerness with which the authorities cremated my partner's body. The family was pressurised into this highly irregular destruction of evidence, despite my pleas, and a court order to preserve the body." He added, "Also, the post mortem report omits time of death, unexplained injuries, and 10 missing teeth, which it states, fell out ante-mortem. Why were they not recovered from the scene?"