Kerala: Accused to be questioned on October 21

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The accused in the Latvian woman murder case will be questioned as part of the trial at the First Additional Sessions Court here on October 21. The evidence of prosecution and witness examinations were completed a few days ago and the court has set the date for questioning the accused.
The first accused in the case, Umesh (32), son of Bhuvanachandran of Vadakkekoonam Thuruthi Veettil at Vellar in Thiruvallom, and the second accused, Udayakumar (28), son of Ramachandran of Vadakkekoonam Thuruthi Vettil at Vellar in Thiruvallom, will be questioned.
They were out on bail till a few weeks ago but the court ordered to arrest them after reports came out about them threatening the witnesses in the case. The 33-year-old Latvian national had travelled to Kerala for an ayurveda treatment and went missing from here on March 14, 2018. Later, her decomposed body was recovered from a mangrove at Panathura on April 20.