Thodupuzha: The Kerala police have taken one more person into custody in connection with the gruesome murder of a family in Thodupuzha. The police are questioning Shibu of Pangode, Thiruvananthapuram.
As many as four people are in police custody. The police have found fingerprints of six people, suspected to be of the culprits.
The investigating team has reportedly compiled a list of 15 suspects in the murder that came to light on Wednesday.
Idukki district police chief K B Venugopal ruled out burglary as motive behind the crime.
The postmortem examination had revealed that all four were attacked brutally and suffered strong blows, deep cuts and had injury marks on their bodies.
Each of the four victims of the Kanattu household in Kambakakkanam here had 10 to 20 grave injury marks on their body, going by a report based on their autopsy. The police said more than one person was involved in the murder of K V Krishnan, 54, his wife Suseela, 50, daughter Arsha, 21 and son Arjun, 17, even as the reason for the crime is yet to be ascertained.
All four members of a family were found piled on top of another in a dung pit on Wednesday next to their home in Thodupuzha in the hilly Idukki district.
Around 30 sovereigns of gold have been reported missing from the home. With more clues emerging, the police believe that the probe will have to cover areas beyond Kerala. Arsha was a B Ed student in a Thodupuzha college, while Suseela was a homemaker.
Pointing out that the crime was clearly planned and carried out by more than three people. The police say the perpetrators used three weapons for the murder - a heavy hammer or similar tool, a knife that was sharp-edged and a machete-like weapon.
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