An identification parade to facilitate eyewitnesses recognise the assailants involved in the murder of Hindu Munnani State secretary S. Vellaiyappan in Vellore on July 1 this year will be held on Friday, sources in the Crime Branch CID said on Tuesday.
The Special Investigation Division of the CBCID had arrested three persons – Fakruddin alias ‘Police’ Fakruddin, Bilal Malik and Panna Ismail – in connection with the murder. The parade will take place in the presence of a Judicial Magistrate in Vellore Central Prison where Fakruddin and Malik are lodged, according to sources.
Ismail who suffered a bullet injury when police raided a hideout in Puttur (Andhra Pradesh) was operated upon at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here and later shifted to Puzhal Central Prison. A separate identification parade would be held there, the sources said.
Motorcycle seized
Based on the information revealed by the suspects during custodial interrogation, investigators seized a motorcycle used to commit the murder. “We are in the process of collecting material evidence. After identification parade, steps will be taken to file chargesheet in the Vellore murder case,” a police official said.
Meanwhile, police have sent computer-aided portraits of Abubakkar Siddique, the alleged brain behind the murders of BJP functionaries in Tamil Nadu, to all State police headquarters across the country.
A Look Out Circular (LOC) has already been issued to the immigration authorities in all airports/seaports to detain Siddique.
