KOZHIKODE: Shaju, the second husband of Koodathayi murder accused Jolly, had given statements against her. He confessed to the Crime Branch that he was aware of the murders committed by Jolly.

“I didn’t reveal this to any one as I feared that Jolly would kill me also if I disclosed this secret... I knew that the death of my wife and daughter were murders. Jolly had highly influential persons in her friend circle. Now, I understand that what I did were things that I should not have done as a teacher,” he told Crime Branch officials.

Shaju was summoned to Payyoli Crime Branch Office Monday morning and there he was questioned for about one and a half hour. After that, he was taken into custody and whisked away to Vadakara Rural SP Office for a detailed interrogation. It was here he spilled the beans.

Shaju’s arrest may be recorded very soon. Since yesterday Shaju had been persistently telling the police as well as media persons that he had no information about the murder. He had been saying that he was not taken into custody as he was innocent. He said he came to know about the presence of cyanide in the body of Jolly’s first husband only when the police approached him to record his statements.