Murder case accused dies in custody

PALAKKAD: The first accused in the sensational Sheela Jayakrishnan murder case died while in police custody late Monday night.

Sampath, 26, was arrested along with two other accused in Coimbatore on Monday and brought to Palakkad in the evening. According to the police, Sampath developed chest pain at 11.30 p.m. and was taken to the Palakkad district hospital, where he was declared dead.

The body was sent to the Thrissur medical college on Tuesday for post-mortem