Tanur, Malappuram: An expatriate, accused of killing his lover's husband Paurakath Savad in Tanur, said the woman had attempted murder earlier too. Savad's wife, Saujath, is the co-accused in the case.
Accused Basheer, who had flown out to the Gulf after the murder on October 5, returned to Kerala later and surrendered to the police. The expatriate told the police that Saujath wanted to live with him in the Gulf, but insisted that Savad should be eliminated if she has to join Basheer.
Saujath had tried to poison Savad by lacing his food with poison a month ago, Basheer claimed. However, Savad rejected the food, saying it tasted of kerosene.
The next plan was to chop his body into pieces, dispose them off in a box and then complain to the police that he has gone missing. Basheer was roped in for the task.
But the attempt failed as Savad's daughter woke up and cried out as the murder was being carried out, Basheer told the investigators. A police team led by DySP Biju Bhaskar interrogated him and produced him in a court, which has remanded him.
Saujith and Sufiyan, Basheer’s friend who had helped him escape to Sharjah after the committing the murder, were arrested earlier.
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