KOTTAYAM: In the heart of the Kottayam city, again... an incident of ruthless murder! An anonymous gang on Tuesday night threw acid on a woman who later died of burns.
Kottayam West police have questioned ten persons in this connection. “The five men and five women in the police custody now are sex workers,” the police said on Wednesday.
The dead had been identified as one Shalini from Laha. She had been a member of flesh trade group that was operating from Thirunakkara ground. The incident happened on Tuesday night at Vayaskarakunnu, where the lady was taken by her customers and attacked, the police said.
With acid burns on her chest and face, she was rushed to Kottayam Medical college by the control room police. By 11 in the night she died, before the police could take her death statements.
It is suspected that acid might have entered her mouth and the reason for the attack might be inter-group rivalry. The arrested said that they had seen Shalini till 7.30 pm on Tuesday in Kottayam town.
Meanwhile, the police have found that Shalini is an accused in four cases. One pertains to an attack against women police. “ Shalini had been running her shady business from Kottayam for several years. She also used fleece money from her customers fraudulently. Some auto-drivers are also in her gang,” the police said.
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