Kochi: With the probe into the Jisha murder case reaching a dead end, the state police on Thursday effected changes in the investigating team by replacing the current investigating officer with an officer from the crime detachment wing and adding a deputy superintendent of police to it.
The police replaced Perumbavoor DySP Anil Kumar with crime detachment DySP A.B. Jijimon as head the team. DYSP P.P. Sadanandan, also of the crime detachment, has also joined the team. However, Ernakulam range IG Mahipal Yadav will continue to monitor the progress in investigation.
The newly-constituted team inspected Jisha's house on Thursday morning and spoke to the neighbors. The team which brought in the dog squad however, did not press it into service. Police sources said the state police’s top brass, including state police chief T P Senkumar, are camping at Aluva and monitoring the probe.
The police chief is understood to have called a meeting of the team late on Thursday, a move seen as a prelude to entrust the investigation to the Crime Branch. The police, meanwhile, filed an application before the Kuruppampady Judicial First Class Magistrate Court seeking permission to send the material objects found from Jisha’s house for scientific examination. They police had seized a pair of footwear and a knife from the spot. The same would be sent to Thiruvananthapuram FSL for detailed examination.
