He got the double name Sphatikam Vishnu because he plucked his own trunk in the manner of a sheep in Mohanlal’s superhit movie ‘Sphatika’.
In the evenings after work, Vishnu would watch the women get off the bus and go home. Pedestrians will be followed. They will plan to attack in a secluded place. If he is sure that no one else is paying attention, he will take off his own udumund and come after the women and wrap his udumund around their faces to create a situation where the person cannot be understood. They were dragged into the bush and sexually assaulted.
It has been reported that he had carried out different attacks on women in the same manner. There was a situation where many did not speak out for fear of defamation. The other day, Vishnu committed an act of violence against the Kodumbu native. South police took Vishnu into custody following a tip-off.
Many people are approaching the police with information about the arrest of Vishnu and similar atrocities in and around Kodumba. Palakkad court remanded Vishnu.