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Sunday, Jun 22, 2025
Despite being a Class 6 dropout, Shafi managed to deceive many, including the Elanthoor couple, with his expert-like handling of social media.
The defendants' lawyer has hit back at the investigation team alleging that the latter forced Shafi, the third accused, to testify that he had eaten human flesh on the promise he would be made the approver.
On Thursday, members of DYFI, the youth arm of the CPM, launched protests against various superstitious activities in the state.
While the horror of the Elanthoor human sacrifice murders is yet to sink in, it has also renewed the calls for the enactment of an anti-superstition law in Kerala.
Ernakulam City Commissioner C H Nagaraju on Wednesday revealed Mohammed Shafi was a diabolic individual who found pleasure in inflicting wounds on women.
Shafi would weave all kinds of stories to trap people so as to satisfy his perversion. He is the mastermind behind this entire episode, revealed the Ernakulam City Commissioner.
Rasheed alias Muhammed Shafi, a Perumbavoor native allegedly lured and brought two women to the house of the couple and sacrificed them as part of black magic.
Padmam, a native of Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu, was residing in a single room of a lodge at Fathima Mata Church Road that housed migrant labourers.
What turned crucial in the investigation was the vehicle used to kidnap the women, said DCP Sasidharan.
Incidents like these prove how far scientific thinking is from society and personal life, said the CPI state secretary.
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