THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With just hours remaining to return the custody of the accused to court, the police team probing the Ambalamukku Vinitha murder case on Friday recovered the most crucial piece of evidence – the alleged murder weapon.
The weapon, a sharp knife with a five inch-long blade and a four inch-long wooden handle, was retrieved from inside an old pipe that lay in the kitchen of the tea stall, where the accused, Rajendran, worked. This kitchen also doubled up as his sleeping pod while he used to work there. Peroorkada station house officer inspector Sajikumar, who is the investigation officer in the case, said that the accused had been misleading them for the past one week whenever they enquired him about the whereabouts of the knife.
