Haneefa murder: Two more arrested

THRISSUR: Two more persons –– Aabhit (25) and Siddique (32) –– were arrested on Tuesday for the murder of Congress ‘A’ group activist Haneefa at Chavakkad, allegedly by rival ‘I’ group members in the party. Police have also arrested another person involved in an earlier Congress group clashe in the area.
Aabhit and Siddique, arrested from Shoranur railway station, had allegedly helped the main culprits escape.Police had earlier arrested Thondanpiri Veettil Ansar, Rimshad, Shamzeer, Shameer and Afsal for the murder while two accused are at large.
One Muhammed Shafi was arrested from a Pattambi lodge for his alleged involvement in the attack on another ‘A’ group activist Muhammed Farooq two months ago. There are reports that Shafi was involved in Haneefa’s murder too.
Meanwhile, Haneefa’s mother Aishabi has sent a complaint to the DGP, alleging that police were trying to weaken the case and protecting the conspirators. She alleged that the accused were reportedly close to minister C N Balakrishnan and ousted Congress block president Gopaprathapan.
In another development, Haneefa’s wife Shabna appealed to CPM leaders to remove the photographs of their children from flex boards displayed in the area.
Home minister Ramesh Chennithala, who visited Haneefa’s family on Tuesday, has said that all accused in the murder case would be booked irrespective of their group loyalties.