Murder of Dheeraj; Search for knife again, accused to be produced in court soon

IDUKKI: A search will be conducted again for the knife used to kill Dheeraj Rajendran, an engineering student and SFI activist. The police will be collecting evidence with the main accused Nikhil Pailey.

A search will be conducted near the Idukki collectorate. Although a search was conducted yesterday the knife could not be found. Nikhil had confessed to have committed the crime. He has been charged with murder.

The accused will be produced in the court after collecting evidence. Apart from Nikhil Pailey, youth congress leader Jerin Jojo was also arrested yesterday. The two will be produced in Idukki Judicial First Class Magistrate Court.