Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT arrests man for giving false statement
Bengaluru, July 26: The SIT officials arrested a person on charges of giving false statement to the investigating officials in Gauri Lankesh murder case. The arrested is identified as H L Suresh (36) of Herur in Kunigal taluk in Tumkuru district.
It is said that Suresh had rented a house to the main accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case- Amol Kale, Parashuram Waghmore and Praveen Kumar at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru. But when the investigating officers interrogated the owner of the house, he said that he had rented his house for those who came seeing the advertisement and he did not know much information about the accused. But when the investigation was intensified, it came to light that Suresh himself had given shelter to the accused in his house.
Before killing Gauri Lankesh, Suresh had provided shelter to all the accused. Accused Parashuram Waghmore had revealed this to the investigating officers during interrogation. Based on this clue, the SIT officials arrested Suresh in Tumkur on Wednesday.
11th accused
With the arrest of Suresh, the number of accused arrested in the case has gone up to 11. So far, 10 accused including Amol Kale, Parashuram Waghmore, Naveen Kumar, Mohan Nayak, Rajesh Bangera and others were arrested.
After arresting Suresh, the SIT officials produced him before the Third ACMM court on Thursday and he was remanded to judicial custody.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
