Overview

• Investigators recovered teeth, jaw fragments and rib bones from the Sarovaram wetlands after pumping out water nearly seven feet deep.
• Boulders believed to have been used to weigh down the body were found at the site, following the recovery of clothing and shoes a day earlier.
• Two friends, K K Nikhil and C Deepesh, were arrested on August 25 and face IPC sections 304, 201, 297 and 34, with court production pending.
• A third suspect, Renjith of Poovathuparambu, remains absconding as officers pursue further leads in the case.
• According to police based on the accused’s statements, the group believed Vigil collapsed after consuming heroin, buried him two days later, and later immersed some bones at Varkala.