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Kodanad dacoity-cum-murder | CB-CID SIT summons key accused Sayan

The Crime Branch CID (CB-CID) team, which is investigating the dacoity-cum-murder at the estate bungalow of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at Kodanad in the Nilgiris in 2017, has summoned key accused K.V. Sayan for questioning.

Sayan, a native of Thrissur district in Kerala, has been asked to appear before the Special Investigation Team(SIT)’s temporary office on the Police Recruits School (PRS) campus in Coimbatore on January 11, said sources.

Sayan is alleged to have headed the group of men that gained entry into the bungalow, jointly owned by Jayalalithaa and her confidante Sasikala, on the intervening night of April 23 and 24 of 2017. They gunned down security guard Om Bahadur.

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