Aluva: The police are still groping in the dark in establishing the identity of the woman whose body was fished out of the Periyar River though the sleuths found CCTV images of a white hatchback car that was used by the accused and identified the shop from where a bedsheet was bought, probably to wrap the body.

The photos of the dead body were circulated among people who had lodged woman-missing complaints in the past one year and in areas where the crime might have been committed. The police have released photos of the clothes worn by the woman when she was allegedly murdered.

The images show a green three-fourth lower garment, which has ‘Apple’ etched in English through embroidery, of ‘Dara’ company, and a blue top manufactured by ‘Oakvalley’ company. The bottom of a churidhar was found stuffed in the woman’s mouth.

The woman’s decaying body, wrapped in clothes and tied to stones, was found floating in the Periyar near Vincentian Vidhyabhavan next to the UC College here. Anyone with vital information can contact Rural SP at 9497996979.