Koodathayi murder case: Police custody of Jolly extended

KOZHIKODE

: The

Thamarassery

munsiff magistrate court on Friday extended the police custody period of Jolly Joseph (47), the prime accused in the

Koodathayi murder case

, for three more days. The court sanctioned the request of the police to extend the custody period as the prosecution raised the importance of further interrogation of the accused to collect more evidences in Alphine murder case.


The prosecution demanded the extension of the custody period citing that the murder cases were being probed by separate teams.

The prosecution also pointed out that the witnesses and places of occurrence of the offences were different. The custody period will end on November 3.