Kochi Police on Tuesday said that there is no organ mafia behind the murder of the two women for human sacrifice rituals.
Kochi City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju said, “Allegations of organ mafia behind the murder are unfounded. Organ transplantation is not possible in unsanitary conditions. If you think in common sense it will not work. It is suspected that the main accused, Muhammed Shafi, has misled the co-accused in this regard.”
Meanwhile, Kochi DCP S Sasidharan said that the investigation is in process and a lot of scientific evidence against the accused has been gathered.
“There is no evidence that the main accused, Muhammed Shafi, victimised more people regarding human sacrifice rituals. The investigation is in progress. There is a lot of scientific evidence against the accused. An investigation is underway into the statements that the victim woman, Padma’s, phone was destroyed. DNA samples of victim Padma’s relatives were collected. This is for conclusive evidence,” DCP said.
During interrogation, police found that 39 grams of gold belonging to Padma, the victim, were mortgaged by Shafi for Rs 1 lakh, out of which Rs 40,000 Shafi gave to his wife. As per the police remand report, Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila conspired with the “prime accused” Muhammed Shafi to commit the crimes.
The remains of the two deceased women, identified as Padma and Roslin, were exhumed later from pits near the residence of Singh and Laila in the Pathanamthitta district. The report also mentioned that the accused allegedly chopped off the bodies of victims before burying them. The police are also probing any possible angle of cannibalism.
Kochi Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju, addressing a press conference, told reporters that Shafi, the main accused, was a pervert and had a criminal past.