SID arrested another key accused, namely M.Hanifa alias Nagoor Hanifa (35) from Dindugal on July 8th and seized a newspaper cutting of the photo of a leader of Hindu outfit. It is reported that he was holding a bag containing a torch battery, a coil of condenser and some rice, he was taken into custody and interrogated. On a routine check, a 43 year old man Mohamed Ali from Nagore in Nagapatinam District was found near the guest house of Salem Steel Plant. SID has also released one more photo named Siddique. Raids were also conducted by a 20 member team and they seized a few documents and photographs. SID has also seized 17 kgs of explosives and 141 electric detonators from a house at Melapalayam. In the wake of Advani’s arrival to Salem on 1st August, SID arrested 5 persons at Melapalayam in Tirunalveli District, namely Tasim, Katta Shahul, Kutty alias Noorul Hameed, Samsu and Bismi on 29 th July. Murder of BJP Leader V Ramesh : More Jihadi's under arrest Condemning the murder, he claimed in the last one year, three State-level leaders– Arun Reddy, P Murugan and Velliyan– were murdered and the culprits were still at large.Ĭondemning the murder of V Ramesh as shocking, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had demanded that culprits be punished at the earliest. Talking to reporters, BJP State unit President Pon Radhakrishnan accused the State Government of not providing security to his party leaders. Salem range Police DIG Sanjay Kumar had said the BJP leader had gone to his office to discuss party affairs around 9 pm and was attacked by four persons while returning to his residence.Ī case was registered. The 52-year-old Ramesh alias Auditor Ramesh was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and he died on the spot, they said. According to local residents, the group had taken the house on rent about a month ago.īJP Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh was hacked to death by unidentified assailants near his house in Salem town of Tamil Nadu on July 19, police said. Sources said, policemen have reportedly surrounded the house where four to five terrorists, including a woman and a child, are believed to be holed up. The four suspects are - ‘Police’ Fakruddin, Bilal Malik, Panna Ismail, and Abu Backer Siddique, also wanted in connection with the planting of a pipe bomb on the yatra route of BJP leader LK Advani near Tirumangalam in Madurai District. Tamil Nadu Police, probing the murder of senior State unit BJP functionary Auditor V Ramesh and Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan, has stepped up 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. “Special forces have been rushed to the spot to assist the local police team flush out the suspected terrorists who are hiding in the house,” a police official told sources, adding that the entire area has been cordoned off.Ĭhitoor SP Kranti Rana Tata and other senior officials are monitoring the situation on the spot. Teams of OCTOPUS (Organisation To Counter Terrorist Operations) force (AP’s anti-terror organisation) have been rushed to the spot to assist the police (of AP and TN) there, they said. The terror suspects, believed to have been involved in recent murders of BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders in Tamil Nadu, fired at the policemen from a house where they are hiding, police said. According to reports, encounter is still on.Ī cop was killed and another was reportedly injured in the firing on the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border, reports said.
One policeman was killed and another injured after an encounter between the murder suspects of BJP leader V Ramesh and the police on Saturday in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, say TV reports.