A. Peethambaran, the main accused in a case of murder of two Youth Congress workers at Periya in Kasaragod, has denied his involvement in the murders before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kanhangad.
He also told the court that he was threatened by police officers when he was in custody at the Bekal police station.
Neither confirming nor denying the reported statement of Peethambaran before the magistrate, Kasaragod District Police Chief James Joseph said the police recovered the murder weapons as per his custodial disclosure.
Circumstantial evidence
The same accused had shown to the police the spots where the weapons had been abandoned, he said, adding that one of the other accused had also confirmed the involvement of Peethambaran in the murders. The investigators had secured circumstantial evidence to prove Peethambaran’s involvement in the crime, he said.
Peethambaran had earlier confessed in police custody that he was involved in the murders. The police produced Peethambaran and Saji George, another accused in the case, before the magistrate as their police custody ended on Monday.
The police said the Crime Branch, which was handed over investigation in the case on Monday, would seek the custody of the accused in a couple of days.
Kasaragod District Collector D. Sajith Babu will hold an all-party peace meeting at the Collectorate on February 26 to restore peace in the district.
