Pathanamthitta/Kochi ∙ Accused in the case of human sacrifice of two women, Muhammad Shafi next targeted co-accused Bhagwalsingh. The information received by the police is that Shafi and Singh’s wife Laila had decided to live together after killing him. Police informed that not only human sacrifice but also cannibalism took place at Bhagwalsingh’s house in Ilantur in Pathanamthitta.
During interrogation, Laila admitted that Shafi and Bhagwalsingh ate the body parts of Rosli, who was killed two and a half months ago. The police said that they have not received evidence in this regard and will collect scientific evidence. The dead bodies were cut into equal sized pieces on wooden sticks for preparing Ayurvedic medicines.
Rosli (49), who lived in Kaladi Mathur, and Padma (50), a native of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, who lived in Elamkulam, Kochi, were killed. Mohammed Shafi (52), who was arrested in the case, lives in Gandhinagar, Kochi, and lives in Kadakampalli, Ilantur, KV. Bhagwal Singh (68) and his wife Laila (59) were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate Court. The application filed by the police for the custody of the accused will be considered today.
City Police Commissioner Ch. Nagaraju said. He is the first accused in the case of molesting an elderly woman in Puthankuris in 2020. There are already 8 cases against him. In the remand report, the police stated that the murders were done for the purpose of human cruelty to achieve economic prosperity and prosperity. The police also suspect the possibility that more people may have been killed in a similar manner.
The house in Ilantoor is now under heavy police guard. As the accused were taken to court, no search or evidence collection was conducted in the house and its surroundings yesterday. CPM Pathanamthitta area secretary informed that Bhagawalsingh, who is a member of CPM local committee and president of KSKTU panchayat committee, was CPM branch secretary in the interim.
Terrible torture after the murder
According to the remand report of the police, the Shafi-Bhagawalsingh-Laila gang trapped Padma and Rosli by taking advantage of their poverty and luring them money. In the report, the police describe the gruesome torture of the accused after killing Padma (details omitted from the news). The first accused Shafi killed Padma by slitting her throat. The body parts were cut into 56 pieces and filled in buckets to destroy the evidence. He was buried late at night in a pit prepared earlier in the field on the north side of the house. Rosli was also killed in a similar manner.
The autopsy will continue today; DNA will be tested
Kottayam ∙ Postmortem proceedings started at Medical College; It will continue today. 61 body parts were brought for post-mortem. The police concluded that 56 parts of which are not very old may belong to Padma and 5 bones may belong to Rosli. 36 body parts were examined yesterday. It should also be found whether there are any body parts of animals or other bodies mixed together, whether there are any other dead bodies etc. Then a DNA test will be done.
English Summary: Shafi and Laila planned human sacrifice of Bhagval Singh