The police team investigating the Perumbavoor rape-murder case on Thursday collected evidence from Jomon Puthenpurackal with regard to his allegations that a senior politician had a key role in the incident.
Appearing before Additional Director General of Police B.Sandhya, who heads the investigation team, in Aluva, Mr.Puthenpurackal reiterated his earlier statement and termed the police complaint against him as a conspiracy hatched by an aide to the said politician with a few police officers.
“Evidence” handed over
“The session lasted for nearly 10 hours, during which I also handed over a few evidence on the links between the victim’s mother and the politician, which both of them could not refute at all,” he told mediapersons, emerging out of the Police Club, in the evening.
He said a police officer who had helped the senior politician was part of the new investigation team as well.
Meanwhile, the police team has prepared a new sketch of the suspect. The sketch, prepared on the basis of statements given by the victim’s neighbours who had reportedly seen a person moving around the area under suspicious circumstances soon after the incident, describes the suspect as a slim-built person with a height of around 5.7 ft.
The officials, however, were not available for confirming its authenticity.
Last month, the police released a sketch of the accused, based on inputs received by the previous investigation team.
Focus on three
Sources said the investigation was focussed on three persons who reportedly gave contradicting statements in the initial stage of the investigation. The police are also on the process of verifying the phone calls made from areas in and around Perumbavoor on the fateful day.
The sources said personnel had been sent to West Bengal, Assam, and other North-Indian States seeking details of migrant labourers who left Perumbavoor after the murder of the woman on April 28.
Police have prepared a new sketch of the suspect based on statements of the victim’s neighbours
