Former MP Masthan’s relative arrested for his murder
The Hindu
Chennai
The Guduvanchery police have arrested a relative of former Rajya Sabha MP Masthan in connection with his murder.
Harida Shakila, 26, was arrested on charges of conspiracy and murder.
Earlier, the police had arrested Imran Basha, 26, son-in-law of Masthan’s brother Ghouse Adambasha, and four other associates for smothering Mr. Masthan to death in a moving car.
Basha, the main accused, had confessed that he, his father-in-law and his associates planned and executed the murder due to a dispute over ancestral property.
Adambasha was arrested in January.
Justice G. Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has said that Justice G.R. Swaminathan has exhibited bias against the State police by “showing interest in passing orders hastily without consulting the Bench partner (Justice P.B. Balaji)“ in a habeas corpus petition filed against the preventive detention of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar under the Goondas Act.