A migrant labourer, arrested for allegedly murdering a 30-year-old Dalit woman at Perumbavoor in Kerala, was on Friday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a magistrate court.
Ameerul Islam was brought amid tight security to Perumbavoor Judicial Magistrate Court around 5 pm from Aluva Police Club. He has been sent to sub-jail in Kakkanad.
Police said they were likely to seek his custody after conducting an identification parade.
Fearing violent response from the mob present outside the Police Club and court complex, several rings of security were thrown around Islam who was seen wearing a helmet. Before producing him in the court, he was interrogated by top officials of the Special Investigation Team probing the case.
DGP loknath Behera had reached Aluva Police Club before taking him to the court.
In a breakthrough in the brutal rape and murder of the woman, a law student, Islam was arrested yesterday, 50 days after the gruesome incident. Police refused to produce the accused before media. The 23-year-old Islam, hailing from Assam’s Nagaon district, was taken into custody from Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. He had left Perumbavoor soon after allegedly committing the murder on April 28.