Kodanad case; 3 accused taken back to Kerala

Justin Joy, Jamsher Ali and Manoj alias Manoj Sami were arrested from Kerala and brought to Kothagiri for carrying out an inquiry and taken into police custody. After questioning, all three were produced before the Kothagiri Judicial Magistrate C Sridhar, who allowed police from Kerala to take them back to Manjeri and to be lodged in jail there, police said. 

Investigation so far has revealed involvement of 11 persons, including Kanagaraj, former driver of Jayalalithaa. Kanagaraj was killed in a road accident in Salem on April 29 while another key accused Sayan was injured in a mishap in Kerala on the same day. 

Sayan was on May 3 questioned by The Nilgiris district Superintendent of Police, Murali Rambha at a private hospital in Coimbatore, where he has been under treatment since April 29. The gang members had planned the dacoity based on Kanakaraj’s information that there was a huge amount of cash in the bungalow, police had said.