KOZHIKODE: More information surface on the incident in which a body of a woman from Malappuram was found inside a lodge at Eranhipaalam in Kozhikode. The police have found that the accused Abdul Sanoof used his friend's car, which he took for rent. The accused reached the lodge with the woman in the car and later fled from there. The police recorded a detailed statement of his friend.

Fazeela of Pattikkad in Vettathur, Malappuram, was found dead in a room in the lodge the other day. A postmortem conducted at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital revealed that it was a murder. The postmortem report said Fazeela was strangled to death. Abdul Sanoof, who was staying in the lodge with Fazeela, is still missing. The investigating officers are also examining the possibility that he may have left the state. The police have registered a case against Abdul Sanoof for the murder.

35-year-old Fazeela and Sanoof booked a room in the lodge for three days at 11 pm on Sunday. The woman's body was found early Tuesday morning. The staff of the lodge found the woman dead when they checked in on Tuesday morning. The room was locked from outside. The staff said that Sanoof was in the lodge on Monday.

He left the lodge in the name of taking money from the ATM. Although the police tried to contact the phone number given by Sanoof at the time of booking the room, it was found to be fake. The police are continuing their search in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for the accused. Abdul Sanoof is a native of Thrissur. The police also found that the accused does not have a passport.