Karnataka Police insist on Madhani's arrest

Arjun Raghunath
The New Indian Express

Anwarserry (Kollam), Aug. 16

With the Karnataka Police insisting for an arrest of PDP leader Abdul
Nazir Madhani, the Kerala Police have assured to give all sort of
support for the arrest before Tuesday evening.

DGP Jacob Punnoose and IG Thiruvananthapuram-range A Hemachandran gave
the assurance to Bangalore Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar
during a meeting at Thiruvananthapuram late on Monday evening.

Alok Kumar also conveyed at the meeting that even if Madhani
surrenders before the court they would take steps to produce the
warrant at the court and take Madhani to Bangalore by Tuesday evening.
The Bangalore police also maintained that the stand of Madhani that he
would surrender was not convincing and was a delay tactics.

IG Hemachandran told a section of the media after the meeting that the
warrant against Madhani would be executed soon.

As the issue snowballs into a major controversy, the ruling CPM would
be forced to give political nod to the arrest of Madhani, said
sources.

Meanwhile, it also learnt that the Bangalore police have blocked seats
in the Kingfisher flight to Bangalore from Thiruvanathapuram on
Tuesday evening.