Pathanamthitta/Alappuzha: The 'bizarre' man-missing case which had briefly come under suspicion of murder has taken yet another turn.
Meanwhile, the police are in a desperate bid to save its face after his wife, Afsana from Nooranad, alleged the cops had forced her to confess that she killed him.
As reported earlier, the missing man, Naushad, was located in a forest area in Idukki district last week amid a search for his body soon after Afsana reportedly 'confessed' to killing and burying his body.
Koodal police have handed over visuals of the collection of evidence and interrogation to the top officials.
The video footage showed Afsana narrating how she had sent Naushad to the ground with blows to the head. The video was shot at the couple's rented house at Paruthippara village in Adoor during the collection of evidence last week.
Afsana is also heard saying that Naushad, who had lost consciousness in the assault, was thrown into a ditch outside the house through the kitchen window.
The police said injury marks displayed by Afsana after she came out of the jail, as proof of having been tortured by the police, were fake. They argued there were no such marks on her face on the day of evidence collection.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission ordered an investigation into Afsana's claim that she had admitted to killing Naushad because of torture by the police. She was earlier taken into custody following the 'disclosure'.
Women’s panel lauds police
P Sathidevi, chairperson of the State Women’s Commission, has said that the police had conducted themselves in an exemplary manner in the case of Naushad’s disappearance.
He could be traced because the police had maintained remarkable vigilance. The action of the police is to be applauded.
The commission stated Afsana has not made any complaint to it about police torture in custody.
Naushad's plaint
Maenwhile, Afsana who was arrested over her husband Naushad’s disappearance is now facing assault charges too as the latter alleged he had vanished following a brutal assault by a gang engaged by his estranged wife.
The complaint said his wife, her friend Shafique and some other people, who could be identified, had tortured him at their rented house at Paruthippara in Adoor on November 5, 2021.
He had questioned Afsana for harming the children.
Subsequently, Afsana went out with the children and returned after some time with her friends and assaulted him, the complaint said.
Adoor police inspector S Sreekumar said an investigation would be conducted based on the complaint.
