KALPETTA: The police have rejected the allegation of the family in connection with the murder of a 70-year-old man at Ambalavayal in Wayanad. The investigating officials said only the two minor girls and their mother are involved in the murder and no one else has any role in the murder.

Police said they have confessed to the crime. The minor girls had told police that they killed Muhammed Koya M of Aayiramkolli at Amabalavayal with an axe after he tried to sexually assault their mother.

Muhammed is the husband of the girl’s paternal aunt. Muhammed's family had alleged that the girl's father was behind the murder. However, police said they had not received any evidence to substantiate the allegation.