Thalassery : Police have confiscated the cell phone belonging to a cop whom the main culprit and BJP leader Ligesh called via WhatsApp shortly before the murder of CPI(M) worker Haridas in Punoli, Thazhavayil.
The dubious phone call made at 1 am Monday was detected when police examined the accused’s mobile while in remand. The cop is attached to Kannapuram station and Ligesh placed him a call lasting full four minutes, Ligesh then called the victim’s co-worker Sunesh to learn his whereabouts and learnt how Ligesh had left after work and would soon reach his home . The assailant gang that lay in wait then ambushed Haridas as he arrived and hacked him to death.
The cop connected to the suspicious call has been summoned for questioning. He said, the call was case of wrong number and denied any knowledge of the activity. Even so, police will seek services of cyber experts for WhatsApp call recovery to make out if it was indeed a case of misdial or involvement in murder.
Meanwhile one more suspect has been taken into custody. Details pertaining to suspects’ WhatsApp calls are expected to be received from cyber cell today.
