Woman’s death in Kozhikode: police to move custody application for accused

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The constabulary would soon determination a custody exertion earlier the Koyilandy Judicial First Class Magistrate Court to interrogate Vaisakhan, a autochthonal of Thadambattuthazham successful Kozhikode, who was arrested successful transportation with the alleged execution of a pistillate with whom helium had reportedly been successful a narration for years.

Police sources said a custodial interrogation and further gathering of grounds were required to probe the lawsuit arsenic provisions nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) were besides invoked successful the case.

A constabulary serviceman associated with the probe said the pistillate was suspected of facing intersexual exploitation by the 35-year-old accused from the property of 16. The POCSO sections were invoked based connected the confessions of the arrested, who was nabbed and remanded successful Judicial custody connected January 27 connected the ground of assorted integer and circumstantial evidence, helium confirmed.

It was connected January 24 that the 26-year-old pistillate was recovered dormant wrong Vaisakhan’s store astatine Malikkadavu. It was initially registered arsenic a lawsuit of unnatural decease by the Elathoor police. A consequent probe aboriginal recovered that it was a planned execution and brought to airy the alleged engagement of Vaisakhan successful the incident.

According to constabulary sources, the 2 had been successful a narration for respective years and the pistillate had been pressing him to wed her. The accused, who was already married, allegedly called her to his store aft telling her that they would extremity their lives unneurotic arsenic helium did not privation to uncover the matter to his wife. Later, the antheral allegedly mixed sedatives successful a beverage earlier murdering her, the constabulary said. 

The investigators recovered that determination were planned attempts connected the portion of the accused to represent it arsenic a lawsuit of suicide. The assemblage of the unfortunate was taken to the infirmary successful the beingness of his wife, who was unaware of the readying down and the suspected murder. A constabulary serviceman who was portion of the probe said CCTV visuals from the store helped the probe squad ace the case.

Published - January 28, 2026 07:58 p.m. IST

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