<p>Police said the sketches were prepared after talking to main witnesses, including the sister of lecturer T J Joseph who was with him when he was attacked on July 4.<br /><br />Director General of Police Jacob Punnonose today held discussions with IGP B Sandhya, Rural SP T Vikaram and SIT head P N Unniraja regarding the progress of investigation.<br />Punnose told reporters at Aluva, near here, that he was satisfied with the probe's progress and the team had received specific information about the main accused.<br />There was no need to entrust the investigation to the National Investigation agency, he said.<br /><br />The records seized from the offices and hideouts of PFI, a Muslim radical outfit, were being verified, he said.<br /><br />The SIT probing the case had earlier released look out notices against three accused, who are absconding.<br /><br />Police teams have gone to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also.<br />Joseph was attacked when he was returning from a church and his right hand was chopped off for preparing a question paper containing alleged derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a meeting of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the PFI, was held in the presence of police. The meeting was stopped for a while after the participants objected to the police presence but it continued later, police sources said.<br />The meeting decided to conduct protest marches in the state from July 26-31 against the continuing police raids. Activists from Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Kottayam participated.</p>
<p>Police said the sketches were prepared after talking to main witnesses, including the sister of lecturer T J Joseph who was with him when he was attacked on July 4.<br /><br />Director General of Police Jacob Punnonose today held discussions with IGP B Sandhya, Rural SP T Vikaram and SIT head P N Unniraja regarding the progress of investigation.<br />Punnose told reporters at Aluva, near here, that he was satisfied with the probe's progress and the team had received specific information about the main accused.<br />There was no need to entrust the investigation to the National Investigation agency, he said.<br /><br />The records seized from the offices and hideouts of PFI, a Muslim radical outfit, were being verified, he said.<br /><br />The SIT probing the case had earlier released look out notices against three accused, who are absconding.<br /><br />Police teams have gone to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also.<br />Joseph was attacked when he was returning from a church and his right hand was chopped off for preparing a question paper containing alleged derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a meeting of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the PFI, was held in the presence of police. The meeting was stopped for a while after the participants objected to the police presence but it continued later, police sources said.<br />The meeting decided to conduct protest marches in the state from July 26-31 against the continuing police raids. Activists from Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Kottayam participated.</p>