Tomy Thomas, Priya’s husband who works with a private firm in Coimbatore, said the Centre’s intervention was the only chance of making headway with local tribal leaders and the victim’s family.

She married Tomy Thomas, who hails from Idukki, in 2011. The couple has a daughter. Mahdi allegedly died in July 2017 after Priya injected him with sedatives in order to get back her passport from ...