Published Jan 04, 2023 | 3:51 PM ⚊ Updated Jan 04, 2023 | 3:51 PM
From left: Muhammed Shafi alias Rashid, Bhagaval Singh, and his wife Laila, the three accused in the Kerala human sacrifice case. (Supplied)
The bail plea of the woman accused in the sensational human sacrifice case in Kerala was dismissed by the Kerala High Court on Wednesday, 4 January.
The case is that two women were allegedly killed in a brutal manner by three people to allegedly gain financial prosperity.
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the plea for bail moved by Laila Bhagawal Singh, one of the three accused in the case, her lawyer said.
Details of the order are not available at present.
Besides her, the other two accused are Bhagawal Singh, her husband and also a massage therapist, along with Mohammed Shafi, a history sheeter.
According to the police remand report, the victims were not only killed, their bodies were mutilated and chopped into pieces.
The chopped body parts of the deceased were exhumed from the premises of the couple’s house at Elanthoor village in Pathanamthitta district on 11 October, 2022.
The first woman went missing on 26 September and the probe led to Shafi.
On further interrogating him, the police found that the trio had earlier murdered the second victim in a similar manner in June last year.
Both women — Roslin and Padma — sold lottery tickets to earn a living, police had said.
According to the remand report, Roslin was persuaded by prime accused Shafi after promising ₹10 lakh to act in a porn film and brought to the crime site. The report also said it was Laila who murdered her.
Padma, who went missing in September, was offered ₹15,000 for sex and lured to the couple’s home by Shafi, according to the report.
While investigating Padma’s disappearance, police found Shafi’s involvement which led them to the couple. Only thereafter did the police come to know about the murder of Roslin in June by the trio.
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