The district court on Thursday allowed the police to take into custody Dhanapal, brother of deceased Kanagaraj, the driver of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Kodanadu murder and robbery case.
The police had filed a petition in the court here seeking 10-day custody of Dhanpal, one of the accused in the case. But, the magistrate gave him five days to interrogate the detained accused.
Dhanapal was arrested a week ago on charges of attempting to destroy evidence in the case and lodged in the Gudallaur sub-jail after being sent to judicial custody till November 8.
On April 24, 2017, five days after the robbery and murder of watchman Om Bahadur, Kanagaraj died in a motorcycle accident. The watchman of the Kodanad bungalow used as a retreat by Jayalalithaa was found hanging from a tree and some documents. were stolen.
The police have so far questioned the main accused KV Sayan, estate manager Natraj and the policemen, who were on duty at the checkpost, when the accused fled after committing the crime. Now, the police teams have started the work of interrogating more witnesses besides the estate staff and other suspects.
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