Summary:
They said they had reported to the inspector of North Paravur police circle following a directive from the control room. They also cited that they were also lauded by their superiors for the ‘good job’.SIT sources, however, said they were arrested based on witness statements and scientific and circumstantial evidence. Jithin, Santosh and Sumesh were seen in the video requesting chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and DGP Loknath Behera for a proper investigation.The policemen were produced before the North Paravur magistrate and were remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. On the instruction of the CI, they went to Sreejith’s house in plainclothes, and picked him up.“He was sent in one of the two police vehicles waiting outside. We then proceeded to nab another man in the case pertaining to the attack on the house of one Vasudevan, in an auto rickshaw,” said Kumar, expressing their wiliness to undergo a lie-detection test..