The Nilgiris district police questioned Vivek Jayaraman, nephew of V.K. Sasikala , in the Kodanad dacoity-cum-murder-case on Wednesday.
Sources in the Nilgiris district police said Mr. Jayaraman was questioned in relation to the April 2017 break-in at the Kodanad estate . A security guard was killed and the intruders are said to have escaped with valuables from the bungalow.
Sasikala was then serving a prison term in the disproportionate assets case .
Sources said Mr. Jayaraman was among the first in Sasikala’s close circle to have been notified by the estate management of the break-in. The police suspect that he had shared with Sasikala the information pertaining to the break-in as well as the stolen valuables.
The police are trying to piece together how he had shared the information with her.
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He was also questioned about the suicide of a computer operator at the estate .
A senior police officer said the questioning started around 2.30 p.m. and went on till 5 p.m. on the Police Recruits School campus in Coimbatore. Mr. Jayaraman did not respond to questions from journalists while leaving the place in a car.
A police source said Mr. Jayaraman was summoned based on the details provided by the others who had already been interrogated. The police on November 25 questioned S. Natarajan , manager of the estate bungalow.
