Jisha rape-murder case: Alleged rapist to be produced in court

June 17, 2016 08:19

An Assam native, who reportedly confessed to having brutally raped and murdered law student Jisha home near Perumbavoor in Kerala, will be produced in court on Friday.

As per reports, the man who is said to be Jisha's former neighbour and friend was nabbed from Kochi and taken to an undisclosed location for questioning.

Investigators are awaiting his DNA sample report before they formally link him to the gruesome crime that had shocked not just Kerala but the entire nation.

Reports added that the bloodstained chappal found at the scene of the crime has been conclusively proved to be belonging to the suspect now under the custody of police. The Assam native had, reportedly, bought the footwear from a shop in the locality and the shop owner has now identified the man.

Jisha, who hailed from a poor family, was raped and brutally assaulted using sharp-edged weapons before being murdered at her house on April 28.

The murder was in focus during the May 16 Kerala Assembly poll campaigns with political parties attacking the then UDF regime for "tardy" progress in the investigation and its failure to nab the culprits.

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