Police launch hunt for the other accused
The district police achieved a major breakthrough in the case relating to the murder of sub-inspector Alwin Sudhan (27) by arresting five people, including M. Barathi, a close associate of main accused Prabu, on Monday.
“A special team arrested the five in the Manamadurai area and seized two cars used by them and some weapons,” District Superintendent of Police M Panneerselvam told The Hindu over phone.
The first accused Prabu is still at large and special teams have launched a hunt for him and other accused.
Those arrested were part of the armed gang that killed the police officer, while proceeding to pay homage to Marudhu brothers on Saturday.
They were produced before the Judicial Magistrate court, Manamadurai, and remanded to judicial custody. They have lodged at the Madurai central prison.
The arrest came a day after Director General of Police K. Ramanujam said that all steps had been taken to secure the armed gang, after placing a wreath of the body of the SI at the Government Rajaji hospital in Madurai.
The police identified the accused as M. Barathi (25), R. Sonaimuthu (36) J. Manikandan (24), K. Prabu (24) (not the main accused) and S. Iyanar (24).
In all, the police have identified about 25 accused in connection with the murder case, the SP said.
Iyanar is the owner-cum-driver of the car, the SP added.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/five-held-for-sis-murder/article4044958.ece
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