PATHANAMTHITTA: The dead bodies that were exhumed as part of the investigation into a horrifying human sacrifice case at Elanthoor are verified to be those of women. This was confirmed in the post-mortem. DNA samples, including those of relatives, have been gathered by the police for testing. The samples will be sent to the chemical lab in Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow.

The post-mortem of the bodies has been completed. The remains of the dead body will be handed over to the police tomorrow after the completion of technical procedures.

Meanwhile, the police have recovered three years of conversations made by the main accused Muhammad Shafi using a fake Facebook profile created to plan the human sacrifice. The police are also investigating whether Shafi had approached anyone else through the same account. The police will seek the help of cyber experts in interrogation for this purpose.