New Delhi: Union Minister Kodikunnil Suresh has sought a party-level probe into the murder of a middle-aged woman sweeper attached with the Congress office at Nilambur in Malappuram.
“The incident was unfortunate. The law should take its course in the issue,” Kodikunnil told reporters here.
A personal staff of Power Minister Aryadan Muhammed was on Tuesday arrested along with his friend in connection with the incident.
Body of the 49-year-old victim, who was said to be missing since February 5, was found in a pond at Chulliyot near here Monday, police said.
Quoting the postmortem report, police said there was an attempt of rape before she was suffocated to death.