Bloody twist to ex-TN CM Jaya’s Kodanad estate case

CHENNAI: The mystery surrounding the midnight break-in at a Kodanad estate owned by late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa turned murkier after two suspects in the case met with accidents.

While S Kanagaraj, a former driver of Jayalalithaa, died in an accident at Attur near Salem, a few hours later, his accomplice Sayan was seriously injured in another accident at Palakkad in Kerala early on Saturday morning. Sayan, shifted to a Coimbatore hospital, was taken into custody and his statement was recorded by a judicial magistrate.

The one murder of security guard, two accidents and robbery at Kodanad estate of Jayalalithaa indicate to a much deeper and bigger criminal conspiracy, which the police is investigating.

Preliminary investigations point towards suspected theft of several property related documents, whose value is expected to be in hundreds of crores.

Interrogation of eight suspects picked up from Kerala is being carried out at an undisclosed location in Coimbatore. Police are tightlipped about investigations, but sources indicate that they suspect involvement of one or more AIADMK leaders.

Clearly, the burglary and the two ghastly road accidents point to some sinister criminal activity.

Senior BJP leader H Raja told media persons that “in the whole episode the poor security guard died. The government should give a compensation of ₹25 lakh to the members of the bereaved family”.