Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: All three accused sent to 14 day judicial custody

The Ernakulam magistrate court on Wednesday remanded all the three accused of killing two women allegedly as a human sacrifice in black magic rituals in Keralas Pathanamthitta on judicial custodyThe accused will be under judicial remand for a 14day duration which will end on October 26The accused were produced in the Ernakulam District Session Court todayThe issue came to the fore on Tuesday as three persons including one woman were suspected of luring and killing the women allegedly as a human sacrifice in black magic rituals the City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju confirmedTwo dismembered bodies have been found buried inside the premises of a house in the Pathanamthitta district within 24 hours after they went missing the police saidAlso Read Human sacrifice ritual happened in Kerala confirms Police Commissioner CH NagarajuThe murders were brutal the women were killed within 24 hours after missing The manner of killing is indescribable Nagaraju said earlierAccording to the official the murders took place on June 6 and September 26Kadavanthra police registered the case in Kochi following the report of a missing woman which was filed in SeptemberThe arrested persons were identified as one Shafi and the husbandwife pair of Bhagaval Singh and LailaThe main suspect is Shafi who brought the women His aim was money It is being investigated whether the accused Shafi approached more women for a human sacrifice ritual Nagaraju saidThe CCTV footage was helpful in nabbing the accused he addedUnion minister V Muraleedharan on Tuesday hit out at the Kerala government alleging adelayed response by the state police and said that a member of the CPIM was involved in the incidentThe delayed response of the Kerala Police smells foul amp exposes that women are not secure in Kerala Is pinarayivijayan Govt delaying it deliberately because of the involvement of a CPIMKerala member Disgusting that CMOKerala remains mum when two women are brutally killed the minister tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever