Kottayam: The arrest of the accused in the Thiruvathukkal double murder case has been recorded. The arrest of Assam native Amit Urang was recorded at around 3 pm. The accused was then taken to the Kottayam District Hospital for evidence collection.
The police arrested the accused from Mala in Thrissur district this morning. The police conducted an investigation focused on a mobile tower that paved the way for the arrest of the accused. The evidence of the investigation reveals that the police were able to arrest the heinous criminal less than 24 hours after the murder.
The accused Amit was caught after using the phone of the deceased Vijayakumar. The accused was caught from Thrissur during an investigation conducted by the police focused on the mobile phone. The accused was in possession of the phone of the deceased Vijayakumar. The accused had tried to remove the contacts from his Google account by turning on this phone.
The police were conducting an investigation focused on his mobile tower at night. In the meantime, Amit was caught after using the phone.
He was hiding in a chicken farm. It was confirmed that the fingerprint on the axe used to kill him was Amit’s. The fingerprint collected when Amit was arrested in the theft case also matched the fingerprint on the axe. Fingerprints were found in various places, including the door of the house and inside the house. This was confirmed after a detailed examination by fingerprint experts.
It is reported that Amit had been planning the murder for days. Amit had been staying in a lodge in the city since last Saturday. In the meantime, he visited Vijayakumar’s house several times and observed things. He checked the room from the lodge on Monday morning. In the evening, he reached the Kottayam railway station and got a platform ticket and went inside. He went to commit the murder at night. The police got CCTV footage of Amit coming out of the lodge and going to the railway station.
