Cops probing LTTE link in Lokka case

Coimbatore/ Madurai: The Crime Branch-CID probing the death of Sri Lankan underworld don Angoda Lokka in Coimbatore is looking into the possibility of an LTTE link in the case. CB-CID inspector general of police K Shankar said special teams are collecting information about the accomplices of Lokka in Tamil Nadu and other states and people who helped him for the past two years.
Addressing reporters at the office of the CB-CID in the city on Thursday, the IG said seven special teams were working on various angles.
“We are also checking the money transactions of many bank accounts belonged to Madurai-based lawyer Sivakami Sundari. We want to confirm that who are sending money to her bank accounts and whether she received money from abroad," he added.
The woman lawyer's father is an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) sympathizer and he was also booked by Manamadurai police in 2006. “We are trying to establish the link between lawyer's father and the LTTE. One team is working on that," said Shankar.
RAW and other intelligence agencies are also gathering information in connection with the case.
He added that the viscera of Angoda Lokka had been sent to the forensic science lab in Chennai for DNA analysis. “We are trying to establish if the deceased is Angoda Lokka or not through DNA match and the cause of his death,” he said.
“We hope that we would get the DNA report within four days. Once we complete the investigation from our side, we would approach our counterparts in Sri Lanka to confirm the DNA match," Shankar said.
He said the CBI-CID would take custody of the Sivakami Sundari, her friend Dhayaneswaran and Amani Dhanji, who had stayed with Angoda Lokka in Coimbatore since February 2020. The three were arrested by the Coimbatore city police on Sunday in connection with the death of Lokka and helping him to obtain Aadhaar card in the name of Pradeepsingh.
“The CB-CID found protein supplements in the house of Lokka during the search. The supplements will be sent for test to find out whether it has poisonous substances or not,” Shankar said.
Meanwhile, five officials from Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) conducted a meeting with Shankar in the city on Thursday in connection with the death of Lokka and collected documents from the CB-CID.
A team of CB-CID police led by superintendent of police M Madasamy searched the house of Dhiyaneswaran at New Ramakrishnapuram in Tirupur. A laptop, a pen drive and two mobile phones were seized from the house.
A CB-CID team from Coimbatore led by deputy superintendent of police P Muthusamy seized a total of 60 documents after breaking open the house and office buildings of lawyer Sivakama Sundari at Shanthi Nagar Second Street in Railar Nagar in Madurai.
The team seized documents including bank account books, some petty currencies from various countries like Singapore, China and Sri Lanka. Passports belonging to Sivagama Sundari and her mother D Pandiammal were also seized. Earlier, an inquiry was carried out with landlords of four residential houses and one office building, where Sivakami Sundari and her family members stayed in the last couple of years and her office was operated.
DSP Muthusamy said they have not obtained any startling documents to establish direct connections between Sivakami Sundari and Angoda Lokka. They will conduct an inquiry with banks to study if there are any suspicious transactions, he said.
A couple of people seem to have helped Sivakami Sundari to cremate the body of the man, who was under the identity of Pradeep Singh, he said.
CB-CID officials said that their inquiry in Madurai will continue on Friday also.