PATHANAMTHITTA: People waited eagerly for hours after knowing that the police would arrive in Elanthoor with the accused in the human sacrifice case. After five hours of waiting, when the accused were brought to the spot, the people greeted them with curse and abuses. The locals greeted them with cursing words like 'Leave those criminals to us... we will execute their punishment now... they should be hanged soon... etc.' The locals tried to attack the vehicles carrying the accused but the police forcefully prevented them. Fearing an attack from people, the accused were brought out of the vehicles only at night to collect evidence.

Though Bhagawal Singh was taken to the land when the dog squad was conducting a search, he was shifted to the vehicle fearing the emotions of the public. Many stood there the whole day skipping food and water. There was no shop nearby to buy food. Many of the neighbouring families had shifted to their relatives’ houses after the incident. Police were deployed in front of the nearby houses yesterday.