Suspense continued over the arrest of Abdul Nasser Madani in the July 2008 serial blasts case on Monday, even as Karnataka accused Kerala of not cooperating with its police.
Suspense continued over the arrest of Abdul Nasser Madani in the July 2008 serial blasts case on Monday, even as Karnataka accused Kerala of not cooperating with its police.
The Peoples Democratic Party leader has been still evading arrest, despite a contingent of 400-person strong armed police cordoning off Anwarssery in Kollam, where Madani has been staying. Kerala has promulgated prohibitory orders in and around Anwarssery.
The police were reluctant to enter Madani’s camp and arrest him due to the presence of a mosque and an orphanage in its premises. Such a forceful entry during the holy month of Ramzan might spark untoward incidents across Kerala.
Speculation was rife on Monday that Madani would be arrested, following the arrival of two senior police officers from Karnataka, joint commissioner (crime) Alok Kumar and assistant commissioner Omkaraiah.
The police officers from Karnataka held discussions with the inspector-general of police A Hemachandran. Kumar also spoke to the superintendent of police in Kollam, Harshita Attaluri.
Meanwhile, the home minister of Karnataka, VS Acharya, told a Malayalam news channel that Kerala was not cooperating to arrest Madani.
“If Kerala is not cooperating we will have to think of some other option,” he said, adding that he had talked to his counterpart in Kerala, Kodeyeri Balakrishnan, on Friday.
A team of Karnataka police, under the leadership of inspector NH Siddappa, has been camping in Kerala for a week to arrest Madani.
Balakrishnan, however, denied the allegation, and said that his state had been extending all cooperation to Karnataka. He said there was no misunderstanding between the two states. The DGPs of both the states were in touch with each other, he said.
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