Kodanad Murder: Security guard brought to jail for identification parade

Krishna Bahadur was brought to the jail here by police to identify the accused, in the presence of Gudalur Magistrate Tamilselvan. He reportedly identified six accused. 

Six of the eight accused are lodged in the central jail here, while the other two are in a jail in Kerala.

Security guard Om Bahadur was killed on April 24 by a 10 member gang, which also attacked Bahadur and fled with some watches and an artpiece from a room which they broke open. 

Key accused Kanagaraj, a former driver of Jayalalithaa was killed in an accident the next day, while another accused, Sayan is undergoing treatment in a private hospital here, after he met with an accident the same night. 

Sami alias Manoj Samy, Santhosh, Satheeshan, Dhipu, Udhaya Kumar and Manoj are lodged in the jail here and Bahadur reportedly identified them from among nearly 50 persons, jail sources said.