The Kerala police has confirmed that the dead body found washed ashore at Kodikkal beach in Nandhi on July 17 was of Irshad (26) who was kidnapped by a gold smuggling gang.
Though the body was not identified earlier, the DNA test report confirmed that the body belonged to Irshad.
The dead body was cremated after the family of Meppayyur native Deepak who went missing received it. But Deepak’s relatives raised suspicion about the body. Following this, the body was taken for a DNA test and the report confirmed that the deceased was not Deepak.
Later, police contacted Irshad’s parents and took them for a DNA test. Following this, police also registered a murder case over the kidnapping of Irshad.
Locals told the police that a youth who stepped out of a car jumped into the river on July 16 during night hours. When the youth jumped into the river, the gang who kidnapped him escaped from the spot.
A dead body was washed ashore on Kodikkal beach the next day. Irshad’s mother filed a man missing complaint with police on July 28.
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