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- Cops battling BJP leader V Ramesh’s killers in Chittoor, suspects holed up inside house (5 October 2013)
- Murder of BJP Leader V Ramesh : More Jihadi's under arrest (5 August 2013)
Cops battling BJP leader V Ramesh’s killers in Chittoor, suspects holed up inside house
5 October 2013
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One policeman was killed and another injured after an encounter between the murder suspects of BJP leader V Ramesh and the police on Saturday in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, say TV reports. According to reports, encounter is still on.
A cop was killed and another was reportedly injured in the firing on the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border, reports said.
The terror suspects, believed to have been involved in recent murders of BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders in Tamil Nadu, fired at the policemen from a house where they are hiding, police said.
Teams of OCTOPUS (Organisation To Counter Terrorist Operations) force (AP’s anti-terror organisation) have been rushed to the spot to assist the police (of AP and TN) there, they said.
“Special forces have been rushed to the spot to assist the local police team flush out the suspected terrorists who are hiding in the house,” a police official told sources, adding that the entire area has been cordoned off.
Chitoor SP Kranti Rana Tata and other senior officials are monitoring the situation on the spot.
Tamil Nadu Police, probing the murder of senior State unit BJP functionary Auditor V Ramesh and Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan, has stepped up efforts to trace four suspects in the cases and printed one lakh posters announcing a Rs 5 lakh cash prize each for information on them.
The four suspects are — ‘Police’ Fakruddin, Bilal Malik, Panna Ismail, and Abu Backer Siddique, also wanted in connection with the planting of a pipe bomb on the yatra route of BJP leader LK Advani near Tirumangalam in Madurai District.
Sources said, policemen have reportedly surrounded the house where four to five terrorists, including a woman and a child, are believed to be holed up. According to local residents, the group had taken the house on rent about a month ago.
BJP Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh was hacked to death by unidentified assailants near his house in Salem town of Tamil Nadu on July 19, police said.
The 52-year-old Ramesh alias Auditor Ramesh was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and he died on the spot, they said.
Salem range Police DIG Sanjay Kumar had said the BJP leader had gone to his office to discuss party affairs around 9 pm and was attacked by four persons while returning to his residence.
A case was registered. Talking to reporters, BJP State unit President Pon Radhakrishnan accused the State Government of not providing security to his party leaders. Condemning the murder, he claimed in the last one year, three State-level leaders– Arun Reddy, P Murugan and Velliyan– were murdered and the culprits were still at large.
Condemning the murder of V Ramesh as shocking, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had demanded that culprits be punished at the earliest.
Source : Niti Central
Murder of BJP Leader V Ramesh : More Jihadi's under arrest
5 August 2013
In the wake of Advani’s arrival to Salem on 1st August, SID arrested 5 persons at Melapalayam in Tirunalveli District, namely Tasim, Katta Shahul, Kutty alias Noorul Hameed, Samsu and Bismi on 29th July. SID has also seized 17 kgs of explosives and 141 electric detonators from a house at Melapalayam. Raids were also conducted by a 20 member team and they seized a few documents and photographs. SID has also released one more photo named Siddique.
Public can call 9710455000, 944585954 or 044-28447739 for any clue on the suspects. On a routine check, a 43 year old man Mohamed Ali from Nagore in Nagapatinam District was found near the guest house of Salem Steel Plant. It is reported that he was holding a bag containing a torch battery, a coil of condenser and some rice, he was taken into custody and interrogated.
SID arrested another key accused, namely M.Hanifa alias Nagoor Hanifa (35) from Dindugal on July 8th and seized a newspaper cutting of the photo of a leader of Hindu outfit. It is also reported on 28th July that 4 suspects have been remanded namely Shagul, Bashir, Kutti and Baashil for interrogation.
Earlier a three member team consisting of BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar, Nirmala Seetharaman and Anand Kumar Hegde, MP of Uttara Kanada constituency of Karnataka had a thorough probe of the case and a report is submitted to the high command.
Meanwhile, threat letters were received at various places by Hindu leaders. Sri Subramaniam, Sangachalak of Namakkal district received a threat letter.
Source : Haindava Keralam
Tamil Nadu: 4 jihadi fanatics named in BJP leader V Ramesh's murder
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Chennai : Police have named four men, involved in planting a pipe bomb along BJP leader L K Advani's route near Madurai in 2011, as the prime suspects in the murders of BJP leader V Ramesh and RSS activist R Vellaiyappan.
Director general of police K Ramanujam, in a press release, announced a cash reward of 5 lakh to those passing information that would lead to the arrest of each of the four accused.
BJP state general secretary Ramesh was hacked to death near his house in Salem on July 19 and Vellaiyappan was murdered in Vellore on July 1. A special investigation team was set up to probe the murders after demands from BJP leaders, who alleged that six Sangh Parivar leaders were killed in the state in the past one year. The investigators have named the suspects as Fakruddin, 35, Bilal Malik, 25, hailing from Nelpettai in Madurai, Panna Ismail, 38, of Melapalayam, Tirunelveli and Abu Backer Siddique, 45, of Nagore. There could be more people involved in the murders, police said, offering a reward of 2 lakh for useful information on them.
Source : TOI
BJP State secretary V Ramesh murder case : BJP blames intelligence failure
July 24, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday blamed intelligence failure for the murder of its State general secretary ‘Auditor’ V. Ramesh in Salem on Friday. BJP former State president and national executive member L. Ganesan said Ramesh was under threat and his car was also burnt a few months ago.
“The police should have provided adequate protection and saved his life…it is either failure of the intelligence machinery or negligence on the part of the State government. Ramesh was not involved in any real estate or financial deals and had no known enemies. It was a planned attack,” Mr. Ganesan told reporters here on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s condemnation and the formation of a Special Investigation Division to probe the case was a solace. But the party would not rest till the real culprits were brought to book.
After a lull, activities of the anti-national elements had begun with the attempt to blow up the convoy of BJP leader L.K. Advani near Madurai in October 2011.
Condemning the attack on a mosque in Coimbatore on Monday, he said that it was not the handiwork of BJP or Hindutva workers.
“I don’t approve it. It must be the mischief of some over-enthusiastic persons. We are law-aiding citizens and will not cause any damage to public property,” he said.
Displaying a list of communal murders since 1980s, he said the lives of at least 130 Hindutva workers were lost in the attacks.
A three-member team constituted by the BJP president Rajnath Singh would visit Salem, Vellore and Chennai on July 25 and 26 for an in-depth study of the ground realities.
“They will visit the place of attacks, meet the bereaved family and interact with party cadre at different levels. The team, including party spokespersons Prakash Javadekar and Nirmala Sitaraman, would submit its report to the party president.”
Mr. Ganesan said that senior party leader L.K. Advani would visit Salem on August 1 to take part in a ‘shraddanjali meeting’ and pay homage to Ramesh.
Source : The Hindu
BJP State secretary V Ramesh hacked to death
July 20, 2013
BJP State general secretary V Ramesh (54) was hacked to death by a gang here late on Friday night. The incident happened around 10 pm when Ramesh stepped out of his office at Maravaneri, a residential area.
The assailants, who came in a car, attacked him with sharp-edged weapons and escaped from the spot.
On being alerted, police personnel led by Deputy Commissioner of Police A G Babu reached the spot and began a probe. The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.
A chartered accountant by profession, Ramesh held various positions in the party, including that of the State secretary and the district president of the BJP’s Salem unit.
He was also in-charge of the party’s affairs in Erode, Namakkal and Salem districts for a long time. “His association with the party goes back more than 20 years,” a senior party member said. He is survived by his wife and a daughter.
Ramesh was also a BJP national committee member and served in the RSS and ABVP. People familiar with him recalled that he was mild-mannered, friendly and easily accessible. Ramesh is the third Sangh Parivar official in Tamil Nadu to be murdered within the last few months.
While BJP State medical wing secretary Dr V Aravind was killed in Vellore in October last, Hindu Munnani State secretary Vellaiyan was hacked to death in Vellore earlier this month.
Source : New Indian Express
