Kochi: Prohibited tobacco products were seized during the excise inspection conducted at the labor camps of guest workers in Ernakulam. Excise seized around 60 kg of banned tobacco products. It is concluded that they were selling drugs at home. The inspection was conducted in various labor camps including Aluva and Perumbavoor. The excise officers of the district were conducting the inspection in rotation in different units.
Meanwhile, the court will consider the custody plea of Asfaq Alam, accused in the murder case of a five-year-old girl in Aluva, today. The petition is being considered by the Ernakulam Special POCSO Court. The police want to keep Asfaq in custody for seven days.
The accused has been remanded in custody for taking evidence and questioning. The court will hand over the custody application filed in the Aluva Magistrate Court to the POCSO court in the morning. Further proceedings till filing of charge sheet in the case will proceed under the supervision of Ernakulam POCSO Court.
According to the remand report, the five-year-old girl was brutally killed. According to the remand report of the police, the child’s death occurred during the rape. The remand report charges nine sections against the accused, ranging from IPC 377 sexual exploitation to IPC 302 murder.
