LTTE involvement suspected in Mithila Mohan murder case

An ongoing probe into the murder of liquor baron and hotelier ‘Mithila’ Mohan in India has taken a new turn with the investigators now suspecting the involvement of the (LTTE) in the case, the New Indian Express reported.

The Crime Branch on Wednesday informed the Kerala High Court of the accused in the murder - Mathivanan and Uppali - who hails from Sri Lanka and is alleged to have ties with the LTTE.

Santhosh Kumar, first accused in the 'Mithila' Mohanan, who was arrested by the Crime Branch on Wednesday.   | Photo Credit: Spl/the Hindu

According to the Crime Branch, third accused Mathivanan had told first accused Santhosh Kumar  he and Uppali belonged to Vedaranyam lighthouse at Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu.  However, on cross checking the details it emerged there are two lighthouses  situated there. One is situated in the middle of the dense forest with virtually no inhabitation. On being shown the images of Mathivanan and Uppali, the residents of Kodiyekkara said Mathivanan had an uncanny resemblance with persons of Lankan origin. Incidentally,  Kodiyekkara and the lighthouse are situated on the sea shore from where it takes barely 20 minutes to reach Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka on speedboat.

K M Sabu Mathew, SP, Crime Branch, Ernakulam submitted LTTE militants were quite active in the Kodiyekkara area in 2006. One building which was used by the LTTE there is still there though in a dilapidated condition. Before the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the LTTE militant camp was very active there and it was learnt the extremists there had faced a serious financial crisis in 2006.