Former Dmk Minister Kpp Samy Arrested On Murder Charges

CHENNAI: DMK former state fisheries minister KPP Samy was on Saturday arrested by the Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate personnel on charges of murder.

Police teams led by the Washermenpet deputy commissioner of police Avinash Kumar on Saturday nabbed him from his house near Thiruvottiyur.

He was slapped with a case for murdering a fisherman Chelladurai in 2006.

The incident was brought to light when the victim Chelladurai's wife approached the police commissioner JK Tripathy in August and demanded reinvestigation into the 'missing man' case. She said she was very sure that many residents witnessed her husband being forced into a vehicle by KPP Samy's brothers and their men after which he diappeared.

She suspected that her husband may have been murdered by Samy and his brothers as he was the 'whistleblower' in the area.

Thiruvottiyur police altered the man missing case registered in 2006 into a murder case and arrested two persons.

Subsequently police personnel arrested four more suspects in connection with the case.

Meanwhile, KPP Samy's brothers KPP Sankar and KPP Chokkalingam surrendered at Thirukazhukundram magistrate court in Kancheepuram district a month ago. Police personnel named KPP Samy as accused number 1 in the first information report (FIR) registered in Thiruvottiyur police station.

"Special teams have been formed to nab KPP Samy and learning of the hunt, Samy went absconding. On Saturday, we learnt about his presence at his house and police teams arrested him," a police officer said.

He will be produced before a magistrate court and remanded him Puzhal prison on Saturday evening.

Many DMK functionaries and fishermen gathered in front of Samy's house and some of the women fishermen busted into tears on seeing the police taking Samy in the police vehicle. They alleged that the case was cooked up to eliminate him from the politics.

"We have strong evidence to substantiate t hatthe victim Chelladurai was murdered by Samy and his men. As the person died in 2006, we failed to recover his body. But there are considerable witnesses and evidences to strengthen the case," another police officer said.