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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) connected Tuesday arrested the past of the six absconding proclaimed offenders successful the execution of PMK functionary Ramalingam, who was hacked to decease successful Thanjavur territory of Tamil Nadu successful 2019. A idiosyncratic who had allegedly harboured the accused was besides arrested.
The absconding accused has been identified arsenic Mohammed Ali Jinnah of Thanjavur district, who was carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh connected his arrest. Ramalingam was killed connected February 5, 2019, allegedly by members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).
According to a NIA property release, Jinnah, a erstwhile territory president of the PFI successful Thanjavur, played a cardinal relation successful conspiring, supervising and coordinating the onslaught on with different accused. He was arrested based connected circumstantial accusation received from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Tamil Nadu police.
The bureau besides arrested Asmath, who is accused of having harboured the absconding accused for respective years.
The arrests travel days aft the NIA took into custody 2 much absconding proclaimed offenders and 3 alleged harbourers successful the case.
The NIA had taken implicit the probe from the Thiruvidaimaruthur constabulary connected March 7, 2019, and filed a chargesheet successful August the aforesaid year. The bureau said further investigations into the larger conspiracy down the execution were continuing.
