Chennai: 25 students held for intimidation
They come to court to support accused.
Chennai: At least 25 Chennai college students were arrested by police as they threatened five witnesses in a murder case. They had come to court in Tiruvallur to give a statement against the accused on Tuesday.
Sources said that the arrested are students of the Nandanam Government Arts and Science college in Chennai. According to police, the five witnesses came to the Tiruvallur court in connection with the murder of a brick kiln owner, Venkataraman, by a gang in Melmanambedu in Tiruvallur district on September 26, 2018. Around 25 students assembled on the court premises on Tuesday and stared at the witnesses as if threatening them. Sources said that one of the witnesses identified as Gajendran, alerted police. Tiruvallur police who came to the spot nabbed the students. During inquiry, the students failed to give a valid reason for assembling on the court premises.
Police questioned the students and learned that they had come to the court as directed by their collegemate Vimal. Police said Vimal’s uncles, Rajesh and Dinesh, were arrested in connection with the murder of Venkataraman. The witnesses came to the court to make a statement against Rajesh and Dinesh. The students threatened the witnesses to give a statement favouring Rajesh and Dinesh.
Tiruvallur police registered a case against the students and arrested them.
They were remanded to judicial custody.