Udhagamandalam: The hearing in the sensational Kodanad estate murder-dacoity case was once again adjourned on Friday, this time to September 15, after police failed to produce all the 10 accused before the district court. Three accused are still at large.
While hearing the case on August 21, the court had issued arrest warrants against eight out of the 10 accused in the case. On that day, police had produced only two accused – K V Sayan and Valaiyar Manoj, who are lodged in the Coimbatore Central Jail – before the court.
Police had subsequently arrested another four accused. The Kerala police have, meanwhile, one accused (Jamseer Ali) in their custody. The remaining three - Santhosh, Deepu and Sathesan - are still on the run.
The case had come up for hearing before the court twice in the past two weeks.