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3 held for disturbing communal harmony

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CHENNAI: Three persons, said to be sympathisers of Muslim fundamentalist organisations, were detained by the police here on Thursday.

Sources said that in a joint operation by the State Intelligence Police and the Chennai Police, the trio, identified as Heera alias Syed Basha (27) of Melapalayam, Tirunelveli district, ‘Palani’ Umar alias Kalimuthu alias David (26) of Dindigul district, and ‘Mannadi’ Khader alias Abdul Khader (25) of Mannadi were detained.

An investigating officer said that the accused had confessed to having planned to attack Hindu Munnani leader Ramagopalan here in March 2008, when he had come to the Collectorate to participate in a stir. The attempt failed.

Commissioner of Police G. Nanchil Kumaran told The Hindu that the three had planned something serious, but in a swift operation, the police teams secured them.

Searches revealed that the three possessed many compact discs, including pirated ones.

They had connections with a few hawala operators as well.

A hunt is on to nab a key person in this connection who roped in youths into the movement, another officer said.

The North Beach Police have registered a case against the three on charges of causing disturbance to communal harmony and possessing pirated CDs.

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