Atheist Farooq murder case goes to CB-CID after accused names Buhari

COIMBATORE: Investigation into rationalist H Farooq murder case was handed over to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) police on Saturday by the Director General of Police (DGP) TK Rajendran.
The decision to hand over the case to the agency came after one of the six accused confessed that he drew inspiration from Bengaluru bomb blast accused Kichan Buhari.
A top CB-CID official told Express, “The case has been transferred to us and we have received the files. One of the accused has confessed that he was inspired by Buhari. We plan to interrogate the murder case accused after thoroughly understanding the case.”
Days after Farooq was murdered, the city police arrested Akram Jindha, Abdul Munaf and Jaffer Ali, residents of Podanur in the city, while three accused Ansath, Sadam Hussain, Samsudeen, also from Podanur, surrendered at the local court.
Sources said that Akram confessed to having murdered Farooq. “Sadam is a close relative of Buhari. The other accused used to meet him in Bengaluru along with Sadam. Their frequent meetings with Buhari left them deeply impressed. Buhari’s fiery speeches brainwashed the youth and Akram was self-radicalized. He egged his partners to kill Farooq,” sources said.
Soon after Jindha took Buhari’s name, sleuths took him into custody and grilled him for over eight hours. It was after this interrogation that the case was handed over to the CB-CID. Deputy Superintendent of Police Velan has been assigned as the investigating officer.
On the night of March 17, Farooq was hacked to death by a group of Muslim youth, following his posts on social media calling himself an atheist.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Abuja airport to be reopened today

Image
Saleh Dunoma, managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says the runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, would be ready by April 17, two days ahead of the deadline. He gave the assurance in a statement signed by Ariyo Akinfenwa, media consultant to the minister of state for aviation. “We will be ready April 17 but we are leaving the remaining two days for Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),” the statement read. “We have written to them and they will come by today (Sunday) to do the preliminary inspection. “They have to certify the airport that what we have done is in accordance with their standards. “If there is any observation as a result of the inspection, we will now make sure we carry out corrections.” He maintained that with the work done, the April 19 deadline for the reopening of the airport is no longer in doubt. According to him, the authority also used the opportunity provided by the closure of the airport to add...
Read more

Wanted: Cleveland man kills 74 years old mercilessly

Image
A man from Cleveland mercilessly shots an killed an elderly man on a live video from Facebook and he claimed that he has killed 13 more others on Easter day.The man Steve Stephen 37,whose Facebook name is Stevie Steve went on Facebook to lament how he has failed in life and boasted about killing 13people..He said he won't stop the killings until he is caught.He also said he wanted his Ex girlfriend and Mum to call him or else he would not stop killing people After the call, while driving aimlessly, he saw an old man, walked up to him, still on Facebook Live and shot the man dead. In the chilling video, which has since been pulled from Facebook, Stephens saw the old man and said “Found me somebody I’m going to kill, this guy right here, this old dude.”  He then approaches an elderly black man and asks him to say the girlfriend's name. The old man repeated the name, then Stephens told the man; “She’s the reason, uh, this is about to happen to you.” He then appea...
Read more