NIA arrests man in Ramalingam murder case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday arrested a 48-year-old man from Tamil Nadu's Trichy city in connection with the Ramalingam murder case.
Mohammed Faruk was arrested a day after the NIA officials conducted a search operation at his residence in Illangakurichy village in Tiruchirappalli district during which they seized some digital evidence, officials said.
He was summoned for questioning by the officials on Thursday.
The evidence collected from the residence and his questioning revealed the extent of involvement of Faruk in the case, the officials said.
Ramalingam was attacked by a gang on February 5. The accused used sickles and tried to chop off his hands, grievously injuring him in the process.
His son's efforts to protect him from the attackers were in vain. He was pronounced dead at a government hospital on February 6.
Faruk and other accused had hatched a criminal conspiracy for committing a terrorist act pursuant to which they chopped off the hands of Ramalingam, .