Mohammad Hanifa of Tenkasi, an accomplice of Police Fakruddhin, was on Thursday produced before the Additional District and Sessions Court here in connection with a case relating to assault on a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
The police brought him from Tiruchi prison amid tight security and produced him before the court in the morning. Security was tightened at Dindigul Court Complex.
After hearing the case, Additional District and Sessions Court Judge N. Sivakumar adjourned the case till April 10.
The prosecution said the police from Madurai apprehended Nagoor Hanifa alias Mohamed Hanifa (35), one of the prime suspects who allegedly conspired to eliminate Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on October 28, 2011, from a hideout at Batlagundu in Dindigul district on July 9 last year. When the special team, led by DSP Karthikeyan, attempted to arrest him, he assaulted the DSP in a bid to escape.
After arrest, he was produced before the Nilakotai Judicial Magistrate Court. Later, the case was transferred to the Dindigul court. He was taken back to Tiruchi prison.
Fakruddin alias ‘Police’ Fakruddin and Bilal Malik were the other two conspirators who allegedly hatched a plan to blow up the convoy of Mr. Advani.
