NewsX: Gunbattle with BJP leader's killers ends, two suspects surrender in Chitoor
- 5 years ago
The encounter between the murder suspects of BJP leader V Ramesh, holed up inside a house, and the police came to an end after twelve hours of gunbattle when two suspects surrendered before police on Saturday in Chitoor district of Andhra Pradesh. One cop was killed and another was reportedly injured in the firing on the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border.
Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik have been arrested," Tamil Nadu DGP K Ramanujam told sources. With this, three of the four suspects in the cases were arrested by Crime Branch CID of Tamil Nadu Police.
Based on information from Fakruddin, who was arrested on Friday, police surrounded a house at Puthur in Andhra Pradesh, some 120 km from Chennai, around 3 am.
Tense moments prevailed in the area as a gunbattle broke out between the police and suspects. Ramanujam said a police inspector was injured when he was attacked by the accused before they locked themselves in the house.
The arrest of the three key suspects, comes days ahead of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Chennai on October 18.
Special Investigation Division of CB-CID Police, probing the murder of senior State unit BJP functionary Auditor Ramesh and Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan, recently intensified efforts to trace four suspects in the cases and printed one lakh posters announcing a Rs 5 lakh cash prize each for information on them.
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Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik have been arrested," Tamil Nadu DGP K Ramanujam told sources. With this, three of the four suspects in the cases were arrested by Crime Branch CID of Tamil Nadu Police.
Based on information from Fakruddin, who was arrested on Friday, police surrounded a house at Puthur in Andhra Pradesh, some 120 km from Chennai, around 3 am.
Tense moments prevailed in the area as a gunbattle broke out between the police and suspects. Ramanujam said a police inspector was injured when he was attacked by the accused before they locked themselves in the house.
The arrest of the three key suspects, comes days ahead of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Chennai on October 18.
Special Investigation Division of CB-CID Police, probing the murder of senior State unit BJP functionary Auditor Ramesh and Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan, recently intensified efforts to trace four suspects in the cases and printed one lakh posters announcing a Rs 5 lakh cash prize each for information on them.
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