The Crime Branch Organised Crime Wing on Sunday night took three terror suspects into custody from Perumbavoor for conspiring to murder a ‘goonda’ after taking a quotation from a businessman.
The arrested are Abdul Halim, 35, of Thazhakath house, Kannur, Shamnad, 24, of Thannithurakal house in Palapetty, Malappuram, and Anas, 28, of Puthenpurakal house in Vengala near Perumbavoor.
The Crime Branch officials who were part of the SIT probing the Kakkanad bomb blast case were tracking three persons in this regard. The Crime Branch raided the lodge and nabbed the trio based on a tip-off.
During the interrogation, it was revealed that they were staying in Perumbavoor to murder Ratheesh, of Malayattoor, for the past few weeks. Ratheesh had threatened to kill a person named Abu, of Vallam, Ernakulam. Consequently, Abu hired Anas to kill Ratheesh.
According to the Crime Branch Circle Inspector, Anas was offered `10 lakh, and `35,000 was given as advance.
“On Anas’ direction, Halim and Shamnad came to Perumbavoor. They had planned to kill Ratheesh near the court at Perumbavoor when he appears for a case. Then they changed their plan owing to the risk of getting arrested in Perumbavoor. But they remained in
Perumbavoor to plan the murder and to get a vehicle from Abu,” said Biju K Stephen.
Abdul Halim was involved in 14 cases, including the Kozhikode twin blast case, the Kalamassery bus burning case, the Azad murder case and the Vinod murder case. Halim was being tracked by the Kannur police in four cases wherein he and 36 others had attacked businessmen and robbed `24 lakh.
The money was suspected to have been raised for the trial of the Kashmir recruitment case.
Though the police had arrested all the other accused in the case, including Thadiyantavide Shamim, brother of Thadiyantavide Nazir, Halim was hiding in a remote area near Mangalore. Shamnad was involved in 12 terror cases and was absconding after being released on bail in two cases.
Anas was involved in a murder attempt and the Kashmir recruitment cases. The trio was handed over to the Perumbavoor police.
A case has been registered and police have started tracking Abu.
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