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Kerala rape case: Police finally record mother's statement

Investigation focuses on entry of friendly people into victim's house.

Kochi: The police finally recorded the “crucial” statement of Perumbavur rape victim’s mother on Wednesday as the focus of the probe turned on people known to the family with the cops believing the attacker had gained a friendly entry into the house before murdering the law student.

So far they could not take the statement of Rajeshwari as she was undergoing treatment at the Perumbavur Taluk Hospital since the night of April 28 when her younger daughter was raped and murdered.

She was questioned by a team led by Women’s Cell CI Radhamani who called on her at the hospital at 9 am. According to sources, she was basically asked who all had free access to the house and whet-her she suspects anyone.

The cops asked her the exact time she returned home on the fateful day. They also tried to verify statements given earlier by the victim’s sister Deepa.

Four neighbours had told the police about seeing a person coming out of the victim’s house at 6 pm on the day of murder and walking away after washing clothes in the nearby canal. One of them also told the police she heard the victim speaking to someone half an hour earlier.

The Special Investigation Team continued the massive exercise of collecting fingerprints of male adults in the locality of the victim’s house on Wednesday too. They also began collecting information on the victim’s social friends.

Meanwhile, Perumbavur MLA Saju Paul of CPM accused rivals of taking political mileage out of the issue. While stating that he would approach the Election Commission against this, Saju Paul affirmed that he had helped the victim’s family in getting land and also provided tuition fees on two occasions.

“We will launch a protest, including indefinite fast, it the cops fail to nab the perpetrator by May 16,” he said.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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