Advocate arrested over Maoist links
Five months after two women, alleged to be Maoists, were arrested in Karur district, the Q Branch CID Police has arrested an advocate from S. Alangulam village in Madurai on the charge of having links with Maoists.
The Q Branch CID Police had been conducting surveillance on advocate A. Murugan ever since the two alleged Maoists – Kala (53) and Chandra (51) – were arrested in July last year.
Sources said that Murugan’s younger brother, Velmurugan (35), an active Maoist, was accused in two naxal cases in Varushanadu in Theni district and Uthankarai in Coimbatore district. The advocate used to appear for Maoists in court.
A team from the investigating agency carried out a search at the advocate’s residence and seized numerous incriminating documents and some gadgets, sources said.
The advocate is alleged to have helped Kala and provided shelter to Chandra.
Medicines seized
The Q Branch CID team seized a huge quantity of homeopathic medicines allegedly in possession of the advocate, which, sources claimed, were being supplied to some Maoists. A few printed literatures relating to Maoists were also alleged to have been recovered.
Five months after two women, alleged to be Maoists, were arrested in Karur district, the Q Branch CID Police has arrested an advocate from S. Alangulam village in Madurai on the charge of having links with Maoists.
The Q Branch CID Police had been conducting surveillance on advocate A. Murugan ever since the two alleged Maoists – Kala (53) and Chandra (51) – were arrested in July last year.
Sources said that Murugan’s younger brother, Velmurugan (35), an active Maoist, was accused in two naxal cases in Varushanadu in Theni district and Uthankarai in Coimbatore district. The advocate used to appear for Maoists in court.
A team from the investigating agency carried out a search at the advocate’s residence and seized numerous incriminating documents and some gadgets, sources said.
The advocate is alleged to have helped Kala and provided shelter to Chandra.
Medicines seized
The Q Branch CID team seized a huge quantity of homeopathic medicines allegedly in possession of the advocate, which, sources claimed, were being supplied to some Maoists. A few printed literatures relating to Maoists were also alleged to have been recovered.
Judicial custody of 5 Maoists extended
COIMBATORE: Five Maoists, who were produced before the principal
district judge court here on Friday, demanded the judicial authorities
to release life convicts languishing in jail for more than 15 years.
Maoist leader Roopesh, his wife Shyna, and their accomplices Veeramani, Kannan and Anoop Mathew George were produced before the PDJ R Pongiappan at the integrated court complex here.
The judge extended the judicial custody for the Maoists till January
20. The Maoists raised slogans demanding the judicial authorities to
release life convicts who had spent more than 15 years behind bars.
Roopesh, who was lodged at Thrissur prison in Kerala, was escorted to
Coimbatore by Kerala police. Shyna, Veermani, Kannan and Anoop Mathew
George, who were lodged at the Coimbatore central prison, were escorted
to the PDJ by the city police.
Maoist leader Roopesh, his wife Shyna, and their accomplices Veeramani, Kannan and Anoop Mathew George were produced before the PDJ R Pongiappan at the integrated court complex here.
Roopesh will be lodged at the Coimbatore central prison and taken to
Pollachi on Saturday in connection with a case. Later, he will be taken
to Thrissur prison. Q branch police said Roopesh was facing many cases
in Thrissur district. So, Thrissur court has ordered him to be lodged in
a prison in Kerala.
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