ALUVA: The identification parade of Asafak Alam (28), accused in the murder of five-year-old girl, a native of Bihar, will be held today. It will be held in the presence of the magistrate at the Aluva sub jail. All those who have seen the accused going with the girl, will be summoned to the jail.

After the identification parade, the investigation team has decided to take the accused into custody and interrogate him in detail. It will be examined whether more people are involved in the case. The FIR has nine sections including murder, POCSO, rape and kidnapping. The investigation team will go to Bihar to find the criminal background of the accused.

The girl was murdered, sexually abused and her body was found at a dumping area at the Aluva market along the Periyar river. The post mortem report said the child was sexually abused and strangled to death.

Asafak (26) kidnapped the girl, who was playing in the courtyard of the Mokath Plaza complex, where migrant labourers stay. He buried her body at a dumping area behind the Aluva Market, which is 1.5 kilometers away. Though the police caught the accused within five hours after the incident, they were not able to trace the child. After 18 hours, the body of the child was found.