Six more held, weapons seized in Pothencode murder case

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Six more persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a youth in Pothencode. The arrest of Arun, Sachin, Sooraj, Jishnu, Shibin and Sreenath have been registered. With this, the total of persons arrested have climbed to nine.

The investigating team recovered the weapons used to murder Sudheesh of Lakshamveedu Colony in Mangalapuram. The police have seized the passion pro bike in which the miscreants fled after committing the crime. Rajesh, Unni and his brother-in-law Shyam Kumar, who attacked Sudheesh and later chopped off his leg, are on the run.

Sudheesh was murdered on December 11 while hiding in a case. Shibin and Shyam who have been arrested showed the place to the assailants where Sudheesh was hiding. Shibin was Sudheesh’s friend.