This story is from September 20, 2017

Quotation gang leader and aide arrested in Malappuram

MALAPPURAM: A special squad of Malappuram police arrested a quotation gang leader and his aide who are the accused of more than 20 criminal cases which were registered at different police stations across the state.
Quotation gang leader and aide arrested in Malappuram
MALAPPURAM: A special squad of Malappuram police arrested a quotation gang leader and his aide who are the accused of more than 20 criminal cases which were registered at different police stations across the state.
The arrested were the quotation gang leader Puthuvalputhan Veetil Ratheesh alias Kadukka Ratheesh, 39, native of Nettaikonam in Thiruvananthapuram and the member of the gang Chirakkal Ajayan, 34, native of Kaniyapuram in Thiruvananthapuram district.

According to police, the accused were arrested from Katinamkulam in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday morning. Ratheesh and Ajayan are the accused of the case related to the attack on liqour outlet of Beverages Corporation at Malappuram using harmful weapons, in 2002 and they had been absconding for last 15 years.
The accused were hiding in a colony at coastal region of Thiruvanathapuram and they were taken into custody from the colony where the accused arranged special security personnel to prevent the entry of police officials into the colony area. The accused have been produced before district sessions court, Manjeri.
The sub-inspector of Malappuram Police B S Binu was leading the special squad. Srambikal Muhammed Shakkir, N M Abdulla Babu, Unnikrishnan and Shameer Hussain were the other members of the special squad.
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T P Nijeesh

Nijeesh has been in the field of journalism for the past three years. He is independently handling the Times of India bureau in Malappuram as senior correspondent. He was with the New Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle before joining the TOI in last August.

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