On Monday (September 8), the Eathur police carried out extensive search in the wetland area near the Sarovaram Bio Park in Kozhikode City as part of their efforts to obtain skeletal remains of 35 -year -old Vijil, a native of a western hill who allegedly died of overdose with six years ago.
The radar by the landing of the land would be used on Tuesday (September 9) to scan the suspicious burial site, in addition to the deployment of dogs to detect human remains (throats) by the K9 group. Two previously arrested friends- KK Nikhil (35) from Eranipalam and S. Deesh, 27 years old, from Venger, were brought to the place, who were re-released from police custody to collect further evidence.
Police sources said the alleged incident occurred on March 24, 2019. Previously, it was registered as a case of a missing man because there were no traces of him. The secret of mysterious disappearance was after investment in the incident led by the assistant of the police commissioner P. Bijuraj and the officer of the Elathur Station KR Ranjith.
“The breakthrough became when some officers with the investigative team have been able to combine the last days of the victim and the activities of his friends who were with him that day. At the end of the intensive interrogation, the friends who opposed them published details of the shocking incident,” the subordinate investigator said. He said Vijil was reportedly injected with a fatal shot of brown sugar, which immediately led to his collapse and death.
Instead of providing medical support, friends reportedly panicked after they saw a collapsed man and fled from the place, police sources said. The next day they returned to the place and buried his body in a nearby swamp and weighed it with heavy stones, the sources said.
“Several months after the secret funeral, the suspect tried to collect the skeletal remains of the victim and immerse them in the sea to destroy the evidence. We have to exclude the possibility of planned murder, even though the accused was temporarily accused of section 304 She reported a rescuer for senior police officers, ”said the rescuer for the senior policeman. He said that one more suspicious effort.
The motorcycle allegedly used by Vijil has already been obtained as part of the collection of evidence in this case. According to police sources, the suspect friends removed a two -wheel place from the place of crime to avert the investigation into a missing case. Similarly, after deleting data and call records, the mobile phone was discarded.
The case was re -established after the petition presented by Vijil’s father of the NP Vijayan Chief of the State Police. Police sources said the unfortunate man was desperately waiting for his son to return for more than six years.
Published – September 2025 20:58
