Thiruvananthapuram, The recent murder of a 17-year-old boy, whose body was found stuffed in a sack and dumped in a vacant plot here, was a pre-planned act, police said on Wednesday.
So, there was preparation and planning behind the crime. The victim was lured to the incident site via Instagram messages sent from the co-accused girl’s phone. Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner Arul B Krishna said that the accused girl in the case was allegedly aware, two to three days before the incident, that the main accused planned to kill 17-year-old Abhiram.
He said that the investigation will intensify and the police have already collected substantial digital evidence, including CCTV visuals and mobile tower locations, which they could not destroy. “The main accused had told the third accused girl that Abhiram would have to be killed, as per messages shared between them. The victim was called to the incident site with a clear intention,” Krishna said.
We need to find out if she was an active participant in the crime. The main accused was a senior to the victim in the school, and they all lived in the same locality and had common friends.
“According to our preliminary investigation, she was aware of the plan, what happened on the day of the incident, and what was done subsequently to destroy the evidence. We suspect her of being actively aware of the entire plan and trying to destroy evidence in the case,” the officer told the media.
He said that the investigation till now has revealed that the main accused planned to commit an “extreme act” and, as part of that, had purchased a sack to hide the body.
