Mangalore: Safiya Murder Case - Skull, Clothes, Hair Recovered
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 7: The skull, blood marks and hair of the murdered girl Safiya were recovered by the Kerala crime branch police on sunday. They have also confiscated a car reportedlyl used to transport pieces of Safiya's body after her death.
The skull was recovered from the spot where Safiya was buried. Plastic bag, thigh bone, hair, backbone, nails, the skirt worn by Safiya etc., were recovered on Saturday July 5 itself.
The policemen found a broom bearing blood marks from Flat No.4, which is located besides the flat No.3 where Hamza lived. Burnt blanket and clothes bearing blood marks were recovered from a sit-out attached to this flat. Accused Hamza has said, that the knife used to murder Safiya had been cleaned by him and thrown into fire.
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Hamsa and his wife Maimoona
The key of the flat No.4 where no one lives, was with Hamza during the time the murder was committed. During questioning, the police have been informed that Safiya was dragged to the neighbouring flat by the accused before cutting her into pieces when she was still alive. No clues about the reported incident of hot gruel having fallen on Safiya could be recovered so far. The crime branch however revealed, that they found three wound marks left by lethal weapes in the thigh bone of the deceased.
Forensic experts who have accompanied the police team, besides confirming the above wound marks, also have opined that Safiya's body was cut into three pieces. At first, the culprits had thrown the body of Safiya after murder, in a forest. Later, they changed their minds and brought back the pieces of body from the forest and buried them, the police have discovered.
The crime branch sleuths have also recovered hair and pieces of clothes worn by Safiya from the boot of the said car, informed crime branch superintendent of police K P Philip and DySP K V Santosh Kumar. Assistant sub-inspector Vijay Gopal and head constables V M Dhanraj and Madhu have been helping the investigating team.
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