NIA groups searched these 9 places in two districts within the state Wednesday morning to hint absconding proclaimed offenders within the case, regarding the brutal killing of Ramalingam, geared toward spreading concern and communal hatred among the many folks, it mentioned.
In the course of the searches, the NIA arrested Imthathullah, proprietor of Ambur Biryani Motels, Kodaikanal, for “knowingly and voluntarily harbouring” absconding proclaimed offenders in his resort shops from 2021 onwards, the assertion mentioned.
Ramalingam, a Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) celebration employee, was hacked to dying on February 5, 2019 in Paku Vinayakam Thoppu, Thanjavur, allegedly by members and workplace bearers of the PFI.
Incriminating paperwork and digital gadgets and so on, had been additionally seized in the course of the searches performed in Dindugal and Tenkasi districts, the probe company mentioned within the assertion.
Of the three proclaimed offenders allegedly harboured by Imthathullah, two, recognized as Abdul Majeed and Shahul Hameed, had been arrested by the NIA on January 25 this yr, whereas the third proclaimed offender Mohammed Ali Jinna continues to be absconding, it mentioned.The NIA, which took over the investigation from the Tamil Nadu Police in March 2019, had chargesheeted 18 accused earlier than a courtroom in Chennai in August 2019. Of those, six had been absconders.In 2021, NIA arrested one of many six absconders, recognized as Rahman Sadiq.In November 2024, the company efficiently traced Abdul Majeed and Shahul to Poombarai space in Kodaikanal, Dindigul district, and arrested an alleged harbourer, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who was named because the nineteenth accused within the case.
There are two accused with virtually comparable names, Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Mohammed Ali Jinna, concerned within the case and one among them has been arrested and the opposite stays absconding, officers mentioned.
The NIA has introduced a reward of Rs 5 lakh every for details about the opposite Mohammed Ali Jinna and two different absconding proclaimed offenders, Burhanudeen and Nafeel Hasan, all belonging to the Thanjavur district and previously workplace bearers of PFI, in keeping with the assertion.
