Pathanamthitta: Elantur human sacrifice case accused released in 12 days of police custody. Mohammad Shafi, Bhagwal Singh, and Laila were released into custody. In the police custody application, it was pointed out that more information needs to be collected regarding the human sacrifice case.
Confirmation is required on the evidence obtained. Police said that they also need to know if there are more victims. Therefore, the accused need to be interrogated together. Therefore, the police demanded that the accused should be kept in custody for 12 days. The police have decided to investigate in detail the cases of the disappearance of women in the last five years in the state.
The cases of missing women in the Pathanamthitta and Ernakulam districts are mainly investigated. There are 13 missing cases in Ernakulam and 12 in Pathanamthitta. In these cases, the investigation was stalled. Three of the missing cases in Pathanamthitta are within the Aranmula police station area where the double human sacrifice took place in Elantur.
25 cases in two districts are being re-examined in detail. The missing cases in the Kottayam district are also being re-investigated. According to reports, the district police chiefs will assess the progress of the case investigation.
