Alappuzha: Kerala Police reportedly collected crucial evidence in connection with the murder of SDPI leader KS Shan. Five machetes used for the crime were obtained from the bushes near Pullamkulam. 

Police received the tip-off after interrogating the five RSS activists arrested on Saturday. However, the police have not given an official statement regarding this.

KS Shan was hacked by a group of assailants at Mannancherry on November 18. Though he was admitted to a private hospital in Ernakulam, his death was confirmed by 12.45 am on Sunday.

Within 12 hours of Shan’s murder, the BJP state committee member Renjith Sreenivasan was killed in his house by some miscreants. But, the police have not arrested anyone who was directly involved in the death of Renjith.