Kasargod: Murder by forcible drowning - Friend of victim among two arrested

Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Jun 20: Nileshwar police on Wednesday June 19 arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a man by forcible drowning. A friend of the victim is among the two held.

Jayan, who owned a barber shop near Nileshwar bus stand, was allegedly killed on the night of Sunday June 16.

Jayan

Accused Prakash and Sudheesh

The arrested persons have been identified as Prakash (35), a friend of Jayan, and a labourer named K Sudheesh (24).

It is said that Jayan was also into real estate business. On June 16 night, the two accused, after getting heavily drunk, reached Jayan’s home and demanded Rs 5,000 he had borrowed earlier from Prakash. Jayan’s refusal to give in to this demand  gave rise to verbal altercation.  Prakash, who lost patience, hit Jayan’s head with a lethal weapon, it is said. Jayan fainted on the spot.

Both of them then lifted Jayan from there, and tossed his body into a nearby drain. The policemen said that the accused have confessed to killing Jayan by forcibly holding his head under water for several minutes after throwing him into the drain.

Although on the face of it, Jayan had appeared to have committed suicide, there were suspicions about his death and several unanswered questions. Therefore, a police team led by deputy superintendent of police, Mathew Excel, conducted detailed investigation. The team found out that Jayan was murdered. The police have also recovered the weapon used for attacking Jayan.