Following a confession made by Nitheesh (31), an accused in the Kattappana double murder case, the police on Sunday exhumed a body, suspected to be of Nellanikkal N.G. Vijayan (60) of Kakkattukada.
According to the police, they removed the concrete flooring of the house where the accused used to reside and recovered the body, which was found in a folded condition in a nearly 4-foot pit. The body was covered with a plastic box. Parts of the victim’s attires were also discovered. The police said a DNA test would be conducted to confirm the identity of the victim. A hammer which was used to murder the victim was also recovered from the pit.
District Police Chief T.K. Vishnu Pradeep confirmed that the police had recovered the body. “The body was in an almost decomposed state,” he said.
