Highway robbery: three from Kerala detained under Goondas Act
The detainees have been identified as Maneesh Kuttappan, 31, from Mattoor, Vishnu Vidyadharan, 32, from Okkal, and Joseph David, 26, from Manjapra in Ernakulam district.
The trio was part of the gang that targeted K. Jayan, 50, a goldsmith from Wadakkanchery in Thrissur, when he was heading to his native with the cash on a motorcycle on July 12. They waylaid the goldsmith on a flyover on the highway at Ettimadai junction. They pulled him into their car and left him on the highway around one km away after robbing him of the cash.
The K.G. Chavadi police launched an investigation and arrested the accused in the case.
Acting on the recommendations of Coimbatore District Superintendent of Police K. Karthikeyan, District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar invoked the provisions of Goondas Act against the three accused. The detention orders were served on them in the prison on Monday.
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