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Jolly Joseph, her close friend M S Mathew, and Prajikumar, a goldsmith, were produced before the Thamarassery judicial magistrate court which remanded them to police custody till 5 pm on October 16.
A huge crowd, which had gathered in front of the court premises, booed the three accused when they were produced.
A large number of police personnel had been posted to prevent any untoward incidents.
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In their custody application, police has listed four reasons, including Roy Thomas addiction to liquor and blind faith in superstitions which prompted Jolly to eliminate him.
The three are being questioned by police.
Eight years after Roy’s death, Jolly and two others were arrested on October 5 as police began a probe on the basis of a complaint received from Roy’s brother.
Investigations into the death of five others members of the family between 2002-16 — Roy’s mother Annamma, father Tom Thomas, Annama’s brother Mathew, one-year-old Alfine and her mother Sili are also on.
Jolly married Roy’s relative Shaju in 2017, whose wife and daughter died in 2016.
The Special Investigation Team, probing the case, has been expanded with totally 35 officers.
The overall supervision will be in the hands of Northern range IGP Ashok Yadav.