The Kochi City police probing the murder of a youngster at Nettoor are set to seek the custody of the accused.
Suresh Ayyappan, 32, of Palakkad was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody on Monday.
The body was handed over to relatives after conducting an autopsy. The weapon used for the alleged murder, a spanner, was recovered from near the crime scene on Sunday itself. The accused will be sought in custody for further investigation and reconstructing the sequence of events, the police said.
