Perumbavoor judicial magistrate court on Wednesday has sent the three accused in the Elanthoor human sacrifice case to 9-days police custody.
The court issued the order while considering the murder case of Roslin. The three accused namely Muhammad Shafi, Laila and Bhagaval Singh will be allowed to meet their lawyer for 15 minutes during the period of police custody.
Kalady police has submitted a plea before the court seeking the custody of the accused. In the plea, the police requested the court to send the three accused in police custody for 10 days. The police pointed out that further investigation should be carried out in 20 matters related to the human sacrifice case.
In order to examine the discrepancies between the statements of the accused, they should be interrogated together, argued the police.
Kalady police also pointed out the need to collect more evidence in the case and examine the conspiracy in detail.
As per the police remand report, the husband-wife pair of Bhagaval Singh and Laila conspired with the “prime accused” Muhammed Shafi to commit the crimes.
The police remand report of the accused mentions the shocking “human sacrifices” were suspected to have been committed as part of a ritual to obtain financial benefits.
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