Police questioned the
wife of Late
cm Jayalalitha's
car driver who died in an
accident in connection with the Kodanad robbery and
murder case. A robbery attempt took place on
april 24, 2017, at Kodanadu Estate in the Nilgiris
district and in this robbery, estate guard Ombakadur (50) was brutally killed. Nilgiris
district police arrested Saiyan, Valayaru Manoj, Santosh Sami, Deepu, Satheesan, Udayakumar, Jijin Joy, Jamsir Ali, Manoj Sami, and Kutty alias Pijin in connection with the incident.
Kanagaraj, the
driver of the
car involved in the case, was killed in a road
accident a few days after the incident and it was found suspicious. The Kodanadu
murder and robbery case is being heard in the Nilgiris
district Court, following the change of
government in
tamil Nadu, the Kodanad
murder and robbery trial got heated up again. Saiyan and Kanagaraj's brother Danapal was re-investigated by the
police and it created a stir.
In this context, the personal
police led by an inspector arrived in
coimbatore to investigate the case. Kanagaraj's
wife, who died in the
accident, was kept in a secret place in
coimbatore and interrogated by the personnel. They inquired about various questions including how
kanagaraj died, whether he had said anything about the case and who were the persons who met him before the incident. Further, the
police investigated whether the information provided by Kanagaraj's brother during the interrogation was in line with the information obtained during the interrogation.