KOCHI: Asfaq Alam, the accused in the case of raping and killing a five-year-old girl, was brought to Aluva market. Evidence collection is in progress. The child's shoes and the cloth which was used to tie around her neck were found.

The five-year-old daughter of migrant workers was killed last Friday. He pretended to be a friend and picked up the girl who was playing in the courtyard of an apartment complex, Aluva. Asfaq Alam is also accused in a POCSO case in Delhi. In 2018, Ghazipur police registered a POCSO case against Asfaq Alam for trying to molest a twelve-year-old girl. He had spent 30 days in remand. Soon after getting released on bail, the accused fled the state. He was arrested by the Kerala police in the Aluva murder while the Delhi Police were searching for him. He came to Kerala from Delhi.