Tamil Nadu Police team grills V.K. Sasikala in Kodanad murder and heist case

CHENNAI: A special team of the Tamil Nadu Police is questioning the AIADMK's former interim General Secretary, V.K. Sasikala in the Kodanad murder and heist case, officials said on Thursday.

The former AIADMK leader is being questioned as part of the investigation into the murder and heist at the 906-acre Kodanad estate on April 24, 2017, immediately after her arrest and subsequent jailing in the disproportionate asset case.

The estate is jointly owned by Sasikala and the late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. The team is being led by Inspector General of West Zone, R. Sudhakar. The other officers include Superintendent of Police, Nilgiris district, Ashish Rawat and ADSP Krishnamoorthy. Sources told IANS that the former interim general secretary was cooperating with the probe. A charge sheet has been filed in which C. Kanagaraj, who was once the driver of Jayalalithaa, hatched a conspiracy to break open the Kodanad estate as they believed that a huge amount of money was stashed in the estate bungalow.

On April 23, 2017, a gang of 10 people broke into the estate led by Kanakaraj broke into the estate and killed a guard, Om Bahadhur while another guard Krishna Thapa was beaten and tied.

Police sources said that Kanagaraj had convinced another accused Stayan that an amount of Rs 200 crore was stashed in the estate bungalow but the burglars could get only 10 watches and a crystal replica of rhinoceros worth Rs 42,000.

Five days after the Kodanad estate heist, Kanagaraj, the main accused was killed in a road accident on the Salem-Chennai highway in Attur. (IANS)

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