KOCHI: The investigation team has started taking evidence with Asafaq Alam, the accused in the case of the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Aluva. He was taken to the place where the child was killed and buried. He was also taken to the Aluva market and Bevco outlet. The accused narrated the brutal murder to the police. Asafaq was taken for evidence gathering at eleven o'clock in the morning.

Asafaq was also taken to the place where he abducted the child. When Asafaq was brought for evidence collection, there was a huge protest by the people in the area. The evidence collection is taking place under heavy police presence. He was first brought to the Aluva market where the proceedings continued for fifteen minutes.

After the murder, Asafaq went down to the market and washed his hands, the accused was brought to this place. He was then taken to the building where he lived in Aluva. He stayed here for only two days. The girl's family lived next door. The child was taken to a shop about sixty meters away from there and bought juice for the child from this shop.

From there he was taken to the nearest butcher shop. The person at the meat shop had stated to the police that he saw the accused going with the child. Then the evidence was taken from the pottery shop near the Aluva flyover. The custody period of the accused ends on the 10th of this month. Therefore, the police team is trying to complete the collection of evidence in one day.