THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The police have arrested all of the accused except one person in connection with the 21-year old Ananthu, a native of Konjiravila. Ananthu was kidnapped and murdered by a gang in the capital. The police have arrested seven people including three people on Thursday night. 12 out of the 13 people have been arrested till now. A youth named Sumesh has gone underground and the police have intensified the search to Tamil Nadu.
Main accused Vishnu Raj, his brothers Vineesh Raj and baby Vijayaraj, other members of the gang Nandu known as Harilal, Aneesh known as Kudappan and Akhil known as Appu were captured from Poovar. Another accused Sarath was captured from Chennai. Five accused Kiran Krishnan, Muhammad Roshan, Abhilash, Arun Babu and Ram Babu were arrested on Thursday.
Ananthu had thrashed Vishnu Raj's brother Vijayaraj three times in separate incidents. Vishnuraj and his gang had clashed with Ananthu several times. On the day of the festival, Ananthu had thrashed Vijayaraj once again and the gang decided to murder Ananthu following this incident. Ananthu was kidnapped and murdered brutally.
The investigation was led by city police commissioner Sanjay Kumar Garud and the team consist of deputy commissioner Adithya, assistant commissioners Pratapan Nair, Sivasuthan Pillai, SI Sunilal and Karamana SI Deepu,