The city police today announced the arrest of six persons in connection with the murder of a Hindu outfit leader here in June, taking the total number of those apprehended in this case to ten.
Four of them, including key accused Mohammed Shamim and Syed Ali Nawaz, were arrested in Bangalore yesterday in a joint operation involving police personnel from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, while the other two were detained here this morning in connection with the June 18 murder of Hindu Munnani leader Suresh Kumar, a city police release said.
The other two, identified as Mohammed Shafiullah and Sadik Batsha, were held on the charge of harbouring the key accused.
Shamim was wanted in some previous cases including that of a murder attempt on a BJP functionary in Kanyakumari, and had been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in 2013 before being freed, it said.
Nawaz was also allegedly involved in the attack on the BJP functionary besides being wanted in some other cases, the release added.
Based on the information provided by the arrested persons, two of their accomplices, Abu Thahir and Abdul Hakkim, were arrested at the Central mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu here this morning, the release said adding all the arrests were made by various special teams formed to probe the murder.
Kumar, Hindu Munnani's Tiruvallur District President, was attacked by unidentified persons while closing his photocopy shop in suburban Ambattur late at night on June 18.
He was rushed to a private hospital in a critical condition but died without responding to treatment. Police registered a case under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and had earlier arrested four persons.
