KOZHIKODE: Police said they suspect the attempt to seize gold was behind the murder of Shaju’s first wife Sily in the Koodathayi multiple murders. Shaju told police that 40 sovereigns of gold belonging to his wife Sily was placed in the hundi of a meditation centre. However, Sily’s relatives termed it as a lie.

The investigating team had got a statement revealing the role of Jolly on the gold missing. Soon after the death of her child Alfine, Sily had decided to offer the baby’s gold to the church. Relatives alleged that the new story was created after knowing it.

On the day Sily died, she went to the dentist after attending a marriage wearing her ornaments. Soon after she was confirmed dead, the nurses handed over all the gold to Shaju. However, after a month, Shaju told her relatives that she placed all her gold in the hundi.

Meantime, Rojo Thomas told police that Jolly, the main accused in the serial murders, had tried to kill his sister Renji Thomas also. Rojo told them that as he was in the USA, there was no murder attempt on him and whenever he comes on leave will never stay in the Ponnamattom House.