ALAPPUZHA: The police have recovered all the body parts, except the right leg of Joy V. John, 69, the NRI who was shot dead and cut into pieces by his son Sherin John, 36, on Thursday last. Sherin, who was remanded in judicial custody on Monday, had thrown Joy’s body parts into the Pampa river and various areas in Kottayam district.
Joy’s right hand was recovered from Mannar on Tuesday after the local people saw it floating in the river. The retrieved portions- torso, head, hands and left leg- were subjected to post-mortem at the Medical College Hospital and handed over to the kin by Tuesday evening. Some portions were sent for DNA test.
Earlier, the left hand was found in the river near Pandanad and a leg was retrieved while it was flowing through the river in Pulinkunnu here. While the head was recovered from a dump yard in Peroor near Changanassery, the police unearthed the torso bundled in a gunny sack from the walkway at Chingavanam of Kottyam district. The last rites of the deceased were held at St. Gregarious Orthodox Church, Chengannur, on Tuesday.
