KOZHIKODE: One more person has been arrested in connection with the death of Anu (26) of Valoor in Perambra. Abu Bakar, who acted as a middleman to sell Anu's jewellery, was arrested. Mujeeb Rahman, a native of Malappuram Kondoti, who is believed to be the main suspect in the case, was arrested earlier. He is accused in 50 cases including rape. After killing Anu, Mujeeb handed over the jewellery to Abu Bakar for selling it. The police conducted evidence collection at the jewellery shop where he had come to sell the jewellery.

Anu went missing last Monday morning. She was about to go to the hospital along with her husband. Mujeeb gave her a lift on his bike and pushed her into a stream drowning her to death. The information about the brutal murder came out when Mujeeb was interrogated.

Mujeeb arrived at Perambra on the morning of Monday, March 11, after stealing a bike from Mattannur and a helmet from a nearby house. When he stopped the bike on a deserted side of the road in Valoor, he saw Anu walking in a hurry talking to someone on the phone. The accused understood from the phone conversation that Anu was waiting for someone. The accused also heard the woman say that she did not get any vehicle. After that, he took the bike and reached Anu.

Anu hesitated at first when Mujeeb offered her a ride on the bike to Muliangi. Anu got on the bike afterwards. Eyewitnesses had stated that they saw Anu sitting behind a man's bike leaving a distance between them, on the day Anu went missing.

When he and Anu reached the Alliyortazha stream near HFC in Nadukkandy Para, Valoor, the accused stopped the vehicle saying that he needed to urinate. After the woman also got off the bike, he tried to snatch her necklace. Anu, who fell to the ground during the struggle, was thrown into the stream and drowned. He stole the jewellery after stomping on the woman's body for a long time and ensuring her death.

Mujeeb, who took the necklace, ring and anklet, took off Anu's churidar to check for Aranjanam. That is why the dead body was seen naked. The accused escaped on the bike after this. The police reached the accused through the investigation conducted at various stations and from the CCTV footage. The accused who was carrying deadly weapons was taken into custody by the police.