Court issues arrest warrant against eight accused in Kodanad case

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris district court on Friday issued arrest warrant against eight out of the ten accused in the Kodanad murder-cum-heist case.
When the case came up for hearing, only two accused, K V Sayan and Valaiyar Manoj, who are in Coimbatore central jail, were produced before the court. The remaining eight accused Jithin Joy, Deepu, Bigin, Manoj, Satheesan, Udhayakumar, Jamseer Ali, and Manoj did not turn up for the hearing. As eight accused were not present, the case was adjourned to August 27. The court also issued arrest warrant against the eight accused. On April 24, 2017, one of the security guards of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad estate was found dead while another guard grievously injured. On April 27 in the same year, police zeroed in on five suspects and later six. The main accused Kanagaraj died in a road accident the following day.