Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS)
The Special public prosecutor of the Tamil Nadu government in the Kodanad heist cum murder case filed an intimation memo before the Udhagamandalam district sessions judge Dr. P. Murugan on Friday. The prosecutor informed the district judge that the Kodanad case has been taken over by the CB-CID police.
It may be noted that after the case has been handed over to the CB-CID, the DGP of the elite wing, Mohammed Shakeel Akthar conducted an investigation at the Kodanad estate on October 26 and questioned the estate management.
Advocate K. Vijayan representing the ten accused in the case said that the defense had appealed to the judge to pass orders to provide a copy of the intimation memo filed by the prosecution. The lawyer also said that two of the accused, Sayan and Walayar Manoj were present in the court for the hearing.
It may be noted that an armed gang had broken into the Kodanad estate jointly owned by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late J. Jayalalithaa, and her aide, V.K. Sasikala. The gang led by the former driver of Jayalalithaa, Kanagaraj had broken open into the estate on April 23, 2017 midnight and killed the security guard, Om Bahadhur. Another guard, Krishna Thapa was grievously injured and the gang, according to the police had decamped with a few costly watches.
Five days after the burglary, the main accused, Kanagaraj was hit by a moving truck on the Salem- Chennai national highway and died on the spot. On the same day, another truck hit the car in which Sayan, another accused, and his family were traveling in Palakkad, Kerala. Sayan’s wife and daughter died on the spot while Sayan escaped unhurt.
A computer operator of the Kodanad estate, Dinesh Kumar committed suicide at his residence a few months later. The case has turned murkier and the DMK had promised that if elected to power, there would be a fresh investigation into the Kodanad estate burglary and murder case.
