Kodakara heist hiding greater than it reveals?

By Express News Service
PALAKKAD: With every passing day, the theft of hawala cash by members of a citation gang at Kodakara is popping extra intricate than a fast-paced whodunit, with allegations flying thick and quick. The cash was being transported from Kozhikode to Ernakulam. The LDF and the UDF allege that the BJP was behind it and that the cash was for use to affect voters within the meeting election. However, BJP has denied any function within the hawala cash challenge, with celebration state president Okay Surendran stating that the celebration solely transfers funds digitally. 

The incident got here to mild when the driving force filed a grievance with the police {that a} gang waylaid him at Kodakara and looted his automobile and Rs 25 lakh he was carrying. The police later discovered that the complainant was the driving force of 1 Dharmarajan from Kozhikode and that he was transporting cash to Ernaam. While the preliminary grievance was of the theft of Rs 25 lakh, there are allegations that the automobile was really carrying money price crores of rupees.

So far, police have arrested 9 individuals within the case, mentioned Thrissur Rural SP G Punkuzhali. They are looking out for one more 5 folks — Ali, Sujeesh, Ranjith, Rasheed and Edwin — who have been a part of the gang that looted the cash. “The arrested members of the quotation gang were produced in court and remanded. But we can verify whether the cash seized was hawala money or not only after interrogating them,” she mentioned.

The police have recovered Rs 23 lakh in money and three sovereigns of gold from the home of the ninth accused Babu. An iPhone and Rs 30,000 in money have been additionally recovered from the sixth accused Shukoor. She mentioned Dharmarajan advised police that he was an RSS employee, however the police are but to corroborate it. Officials are additionally wanting into the declare that Sunil Naik, former state treasurer of the Yuva Morcha, gave Dharmarajan the cash. Naik has advised police that he solely had a enterprise relationship with the Dharmarajan.  

“The amount recovered from Babu’s house has been handed over to the court. Only after investigations will we be able to prove if the amount was robbed from the vehicle at Kodakara. We will check whether the accused had entered into any property deals before they were arrested,” Punkuzhali mentioned. The police have requested the complainants and the accused to deliver items of proof for the cash seized.