Kotali Sreedharan: The Ax-wielding Criminal Caught by Police on Thrissur-Korati Highway

2024-01-20 08:06:07

Thrissur – The police caught the ax-wielding Sreedharan with a gun on the Thrissur-Korati highway. Sreedharan, who was traveling in a car, was surrounded by the police and arrested. Sixty-year-old Sreedharan is an accused in the case of attacking many plumbing gangs and extorting money.

Kotali Sreedharan used the internet call system to attack the money laundering gangs, organize accomplices to extort money and communicate with them. This was a precaution to avoid being tracked by the investigative teams themselves. The CID team of Karnataka had once made an attempt to surround Sreedharan’s house in Kothamangalam and nab him. However, after knowing about the raid, he called the investigation team through an internet call. He also raised the challenge of catching if it can be caught.

Kotali Sreedharan. (Photo: Manorama News)

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Kotali Sreedharan had a wide circle of informers inside and outside the police. Sreedharan had set up informers by infiltrating among the carriers who smuggled pipe money. Every useful information was greatly rewarded. Sreedharan had given 40% of the extorted money to the informant if he provided clear information including the number and route of the vehicle used to smuggle the money. The reward was Rs 16 lakh if ​​he was given information about the police’s efforts to arrest him. With this, Sreedharan got accurate information whenever the police forces of many states came to raid and got a chance to hide.

∙ Ptikattapulli Kotali Sreedharan in custody

Arrested ax wielder Sreedharan was caught on the national highway in Thrissur Koratti. The accused, who was traveling with a gun in the car, was expertly caught by the police. Kotali Sreedharan is accused in many cases in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Sreedharan, the axed man, was caught with a gun on the Thrissur Koratti highway. Sreedharan, who was traveling in a car, was surrounded and arrested by the police around 4.30 pm on Friday. Sixty-year-old Sreedharan is an accused in the case of attacking many plumbing gangs and extorting money. They used to follow the vehicles of the pipe gangs, attack them and extort money. There are also cases of attempted murder and kidnapping against him. A criminal gang was working under the leadership of Sreedharan.

Sreedharan was the nightmare of pipe-trafficking gangs on the highways of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states. Warrants were pending against Sreedharan in various courts in Kerala. The Karnataka and Kerala police had spread a net to nab Sreedharan, who was on bail in the cases. A special police team was formed under the leadership of DIG Ajita Begam. The accused was caught with the help of cyber cell. The accused is being interrogated under the leadership of Thrissur Rural SP