Re-arrested Maoist sympathiser produced in court

June 18, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:36 am IST - COIMBATORE:

Maoist sympathiser C. Kannan (46) of Madurai, was produced in the court on Wednesday. He was formally re-arrested by the Coimbatore District Police, at Coimbatore Central Prison, on Tuesday for allegedly enrolling a youth of Angalakurichi village, near Aliyar, in the Maoist movement and was produced before the court in connection with this.

Kannan entered and left the court raising slogans supporting Maoist movement. He denied his role in the case in which he was booked by the Aliyar Police on Tuesday.

Principal District Judge (PDJ) R. Pongiappan directed that Kannan should be under judicial custody till July 2.

He was taken back to the Coimbatore Central Prison where he has been lodged since his arrest along with Maoist leader Roopesh, his wife Shyna and Maoist sympathisers Anoop (31) and C. Veeramani alias Eswaran (60), at an eatery in Karumathampatty at the outskirts of Coimbatore, in the first week of May.

Bail plea filed

Meanwhile, lawyers of People’s Union for Civil Liberties filed a bail plea for Shyna before the PDJ here on Tuesday. The organisation’s State General Secretary, S. Balamurugan, told The Hindu that this plea has been listed for hearing on Friday – June 19.

“Roopesh and Shyna have two daughters, who are now under the custody of Shyna’s mother at Thrissur. Shyna’s presence is socially and economically required for the two girls,” he said and added that there are no cases against Shyna in Tamil Nadu or anywhere else.

Roopesh and Shyna are in Kerala where they are being quizzed by the Kerala police in connection with the cases against them there.

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