Kasargod : A special investigation team led by Adoor Circle Inspector A Satish Kumar has arrested five persons on the charges of killing a youth by strangulating him and then dumping his body into a pond at Mallampare near Adoor.The police had initially registered this case reported in February this year, as a case of unnatural death, presuming that the person identified as Shivappa nayak (35) of Mallampare near Adoor had accidentally fallen into the pond.
However, when the wife of the deceased expressed suspicion over the cause of the death of her husband and even complained to the SP and the Home Minister seeking a thorough probe,the police formed a special investigation team.
The investigations revealed that Shivappa did not meet an accidental death, but was killed. It came to light that the five who had an enmity with Shivappa over a property dispute had waylaid him while he was on way home on February 24, picked up a quarrel with him,strangulated him and then threw his body into the pond.
The arrested are Venkappa Nayak (30) of Mallapare, Kallathil Seetarama (32), Subraya (38), Shivappas relative Janardhan (28) and Somashekar (26).
They,in fact had assisted the family of the deceased Shivappa Nayak in conducting the cremation.