Wrong suspect arrest leads to cops transfer

Chennai: State police transferred an inspector and a DSP in Vellore after it was fo­und that they had arrested the wrong suspects in connection with the murder of a BJP office-be­arer Dr V. Ar­avind Re­ddy in October last year, sources said here.

It is now learnt that the mu­rder was committed by Police Fakruddin and his associates who had be­en choosing their victims because of their pr­o­ximity to Hindu outfits.

The murder case has already transferred to the special investigation division of the CB (CID) for re-investigation.

Aft­er the suspects, Pol­ice Fa­kruddin, Bilal Mallik and Pannai Ism­ail were arrested for the murders of Hindu Mu­n­n­ani office bearer S. Vellaiyappan in Vellore and BJP state ge­ne­ral secretary ‘auditor’ Ra­­mesh in Salem, they dis­closed that they were involved in the murders of Dr Reddy and BJP co­u­n­cillor K. Murugan of Pa­ramkudi as well.

The cases were transferred to SID. Sources said that a de­puty superintendent of police and an inspector who went ahead with the arrest of a local gang of history sheeters due to heavy pressure from the top, had been transfe­rred for making the wrong arrests.

Till Fakr­ud­din confe­ssed, state police had be­en maintaining that the murders of Reddy and Murugan had nothing to do with the organisatio­ns they were representing.